Fast 11: Auth Server HEAT (now reduced)

You may have occasionally noticed lag when posting/commenting/voting etc. since the auth migration, like you were participating in a drag race with a semi connected to your hitch. Well, I found a hitch in a particular query that runs when a user signs in with a new OAuth provider method since the migration. We rolled out a fix for this issue last night.

Take a look at this database CPU utilization graph - you don't get a win like this every day. Those yellow spikes indicate the impact from the query prior to the fix.

Now your actions on Digg should be fast again. And you should be able to hit that 7 second quarter mile. No more being furious about delays.

There's nothing stronger than the Digg family.