ballchasing.com

site:

[ballchasing.com @BallchasingRL]

I used to use and pay for DataDog to collect metrics and monitor the site, but that got too expensive

then switched to NewRelic, which also got too expensive with time.

I'm now using the fee plan of NetData

[ballchasing.com @BallchasingRL]

In this tweet, I'd like to publicly answer a question I often receive in private.

Q: How/Where is https://t.co/igFk79RaCc hosted ? Cloud vs Self-hosted, the cost breakdown, what technologies are used, ...

Check the thread for the answers:

[ballchasing.com @BallchasingRL]

then there are a 2 worker servers handling the replays parsing, indexing, stats computations, ...

2 front servers serving the website and api, behind a load balancer

all of these are hosted using Hetzner too

The Hetzner stack costs around 400$/month

Continued ...

[ballchasing.com @BallchasingRL]

I don't like it but I had to resort to a huge banner in the website asking for patreon support because keeping the site up has been taking a toll on my finances for a couple years now.
I've been consistently paying a couple hundred euros from my pocket every month for a while😓

[ballchasing.com @BallchasingRL]

Lessons learned:
- disable the automated terraform apply to start
- will look for more ways to avoid future accidental server deletions

[ballchasing.com @BallchasingRL]

After 5 hours & 30 minutes of downtime, the service is up again.

What happened is an unlucky sequence of events. Check the thread for more details.

My apologies for such an extended downtime.

[ballchasing.com @BallchasingRL]

- the automated apply noticied that the OS should change from ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04
- so it went ahead and recreated all of the frontend (website + api) and worker servers
- hence the downtime

[ballchasing.com @BallchasingRL]

@DavideKant Hey there David 👋
Please check this FAQ entry https://t.co/CIMntti1yi

[Sean Stackhouse @StaxRL]

Alright let's try to steer conversation back to the RLCS for a bit:

What's your favorite "advanced stat?" @BallchasingRL keeps track of player speed, distance to ball, time in different 3rds of the field, boost averages, all sorts of fun stuff. What's your favorite?

[ballchasing.com @BallchasingRL]

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[stumpy :) @StumpyGoblin]

When finding footage for our videos, my job is made infinitely easier when I utilise features from @LiquipediaRL, @octane_gg & @BallchasingRL

LQ for scores, Octane for specifics, and Ballchasing to check the 3D view & to download the replays from. They're all invaluable 🐐🐐🐐

[ballchasing.com @BallchasingRL]

@raiiddenn Oh, that’s an easy one: Those are the only settings stored in the replay file ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[ballchasing.com @BallchasingRL]

❤️

[RhawketS 🚫🧊 @rhawkets]

Nearly 8,000 Replay Files! Get access to the #RLCS 2021-22 Replay Group on @BallchasingRL!

https://t.co/bHU3IprUey

[ballchasing.com @BallchasingRL]

@rl_fefe I’m afraid that info is not stored in the replay file 😢

cc @RocketLeague @PsyonixStudios there, I’m throwing you under the bus!

[ballchasing.com @BallchasingRL]

@RLStatsGG 😊

[ballchasing.com @BallchasingRL]

Brace yourselves for the Dark Mode update is dropping !