I have no insight into why it’s being done in this instance, but object storage is typically used when you want to move away from storing things on your web server with “fixed” storage, and instead store it in an “infinitely” expandable storage system. It is also much easier to manage when you have multiple servers as it’s separate and shared.

Best bet is to check out the GitHub repo

That’s exactly what is happening now. Lemmy is a very young codebase and up until very recently only had a tiny user base, so optimisation wasn’t that important.

Over the last few months the Devs have been working hard to improve things, but there is a lot of ground to cover

Possibly not ideal for you as a data engineer, but you could try skimming down the GitHub database issues?

Sadly not, it’s mostly focused on comment ordering.

No idea what your situation is, but mine takes 30 seconds to charge and has enough range to cover my daily commute for a week.

I can only assume it’s because they are stupid…

The only live bird my cat has managed to bring home has been a pigeon, all other birds were dead and mostly chicks.

I came home to find the pigeon wondering around my living room and the cat outside… Thanks cat…