Yea well instability has been such a perennial problem , especially given what you say, and it’s essentially a legacy platform so it would only be logical to presume it’s ingrained … not to mention that stability is basically the first job of a social media platform. Occasional downtimes are fine, but if it isn’t reliable it is likely not worth using … so it’s not something to fast and loose with.

I’ve mentioned it elsewhere, but the lead dev has openly admitted to lacking the DB expertise they feel is necessary, and he and Chris were hoping to rely on an expert they know that didn’t show up for whatever reason. That on top of the legacy of the old misskey code base and it seems likely that the lead dev is just struggling to stay on top of the issues without creating new ones. Which is very reasonable! There’s a lot that goes into writing and running a social media platform! You really need a team.