If last month was about new features, this month is about improving performance. Many of you got excited with new stuff but felt the site getting slower as we get hundreds of new users every week. To cope with our own growth, we had to do some speed optimization.

1. Stronger Hardware

With features being added and users increasing by 18% last month, we simply need stronger server performance. And so we added lots of memory to our first server, and currently preparing to install a second server (much stronger) to our arsenal.

2. Smarter Code

To prepare Koprol for upcoming features, we look back at our original code and see where we can optimize it. We’re happy to find tweaks that lightened the server’s load and drastically improved speed. You can’t see it but it’s about the pagination, the AJAX page load, calculations of nearby people, and other backend stuff.

3. Lighter Pages

During this beta phase, we don’t just add features. We take out things too. This time, we reduced the stream to show less posts and reviews. So you will see faster first load while ensured of faster response when you click to see more.

We Ain’t Done Yet

Now that we have improved performance, we can go back to working on the next features which will turn this location-based network into a social cityguide. Then you’ll see what Koprol is all about.

Until then, keep supporting our beta.

We’ve been hit by, we’ve been struck by, a hardware problem

Koprol is down since around 2 a.m. this morning. Our team is working hard to solve it. By the looks of it, we may need one day to get back up again. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope you’ll come back to Koprol again.

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Update 3.30pm: Alive Again!

We’ve fixed the problem and will restore our server to the data center as soon as possible. Koprol should be back up at 7pm the latest.

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Update 7.30pm: We’re Up!