Nearing 600 registered users now, what that means is that people were trying out so many things and things broke.

So been keeping notes on these errors and spent the night handling all of them.

One of the errors I had and was reported the most was that the MongoDB connection kept closing (MongoDB Topology Closed) and ScholarXIV would be offline, which is a major issue.

In Vercel, any function is short lived and terminated soon. Which was what I was doing for the MongoDB connection. Vercel would close it if no one's online on ScholarXIV for like a few minutes. So this's something to keep an eye for.

Now I've handled all the error logs I've seen, and I don't have to worry about it being offline. Keep telling me feedbacks, UI or non-UI issues. Thanks.

#ScholarXIVWeb
@Dagmawi_Babi

If the very basic version of ScholarXIV is stable and usable, I can incrementally build all the new features I've been planning comfortably without worrying about affecting the users.

So whenever you get the time try to break things up, report all the UI issues you've noticed, tell me when you see console logs, try spamming it if you'd like, tell me when things are slow, abuse the system. Then just tell me about it and I'll get to it.

A solid foundation is worth the journey tbh.

Gara Innovation has a summer bootcamp to teach people programming, video editing and just much more. Check it out.

I hope July will be a good month 🙏

The Portrait of a Righteous Life!

#Spiritual
@Dagmawi_Babi

So after my fixes last night, ScholarXIV was running all day today and though there were 3,000+ requests and much activity and visits not a single error happened, none, 0%

So nice and satisfaying istg!

700+ Registered Users
4,480+ Indexed Papers

#ScholarXIVWeb
@Dagmawi_Babi

Let me quickly explain why indexed papers matter.

So the API arXiv provides is very slow and just wastes so much time. But in ScholarXIV, I take the load off of arXiv and store indexed papers.

Now the front page shows recommended papers, these are already indexed so you can get to do things super fast.

Another is when people keep searching papers, they're all indexed making further searches even faster.

This is a big advantage for using ScholarXIV over self-hosting it or even other services.

So currently having 4.4k papers is pretty useful for using the platform and also the AI features.

#ScholarXIVWeb
@Dagmawi_Babi

So essentially, more use means faster experience for everyone :)

For a moment I felt awe for a God who loved me enough to hate the things that hurt me without hating me for causing them.

To live prayerless is to live defenseless amid the battle.

When one man latches himself to the Word and wears out his knees in prayer, all of hell shudders.

"ጌታ መንፈስ ነው፤ የጌታም መንፈስ ባለበት በዚያ ነጻነት አለ።"
-- 2 ቆሮንቶስ 3:17

#Scripture
@Dagmawi_Babi