Abstraction, Perfection, and on Coding as a Craft It seems almost every day that a new library is created, a new javascript framework, or bundle of utility methods that promises to make developing software faster, easier, more enjoyable, etc. Heck, there's
Checking in with the NodeBB Crew - Social Distancing Edition Happy Good Friday! The NodeBB offices are closed today, but I thought it'd be nice to show us that we all have lives outside of our work, even though we can't really go
A Fast Web is Achievable There's a rather disturbing trend that I've noticed in recent years – sites take forever to load. It's a little distressing if only because our internet connections are getting faster, but on average (anecdotally)
Reflections on the Digital Sabbath What is the Digital Sabbath? The premise is simple: To go without digital media for a whole day as a form of rest. The challenge then, is to go without digital technology one
Slice and Dice: bringing NodeBB back to Basics Without hesitation, I'd say that NodeBB has evolved heavily over the past 7 years1. The initial drive those first years was feature parity – bring features to NodeBB that other forums have, and that
howto How To: Install NodeBB on DigitalOcean/Ubuntu 18.04 Interested in installing NodeBB? There has always been a latent demand for free forum software – oftentimes, monetary investment in a solution does not make sense for communities just starting out, or smaller enthusiast
Looking ahead to NodeBB v2.x Wait! Don't get too excited! There's a lot to figure out and a lot to actually do, so we're not in any position to state any timelines or make any promises1 just yet.
nodebb NodeBB 1.13.0: a little snow won't slow us down Apparently the last time there was this much snow in Toronto was 1951, back when "bulletin boards" were just things you stuck push-pins into. Times sure change! But one thing that
Thoughts on content ownership and long, meaningful discussions Occasionally, a potential client will come to us and ask why they need a forum. Besides the usual reasons, one point that often comes up is the concept of "content ownership"
nodebb NodeBB 1.12.0: keeping warm with email, search and spam fighting improvements While the snow keeps falling in Toronto, NodeBB's team and community contributors have been hard at work on our latest release. Email Improvements We've made some changes to help make NodeBB emails a
NodeBB 1.11.0: traffic filtering, navigation improvements and more As the last leaves fall from the trees in Toronto, NodeBB 1.11.0 has arrived to help brighten those long nights! A common issue for forums is sorting out what traffic is
NodeBB 1.10.0: privilege improvements and more Summer is here, and so is the latest release of NodeBB, version 1.10.0. One focus of this release are improvements to the privileges system. We’ve made allowing search and banning
GDPRmageddon Is your forum ready for #GDPRmageddon? GDPR comes into force May 25. Are you ready? If not, NodeBB can help.
What's New in v1.9.0 Spring has finally arrived in Toronto, and that means it's time for a brand new NodeBB release! So what's new? We initially planned this release for late April, although we ran into a
NodeBB 1.9.0: world's first GDPR compliant forum software We're proud to announce that NodeBB has become the first forum software to become GDPR compliant. What is the GDPR? The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European Union law intended to
Generating your first Wildcard SSL Certificate via Certbot/Let's Encrypt We've issued over 10k wildcard certificates in the first 48 hours of wildcard and ACMEv2 availability. More about wildcards and ACMEv2 can be found here: https://t.co/0SdH98Oabn— Let&
NodeBB 1.8.0: chat updates, improved moderation controls and more Forums are about community conversation -- mostly. Sometimes you need to talk one-on-one or in a small group, which is why NodeBB includes a chat feature. With our latest release we've improved the
NodeBB 1.7.2: Topic Merging and Blobs NodeBB 1.7.2 is here, and it includes Blob Emoji. What can we say except... Did You Know: The plural of emoji is emoji? We didn't until this morning. See that kids?
On Net Neutrality and the future of the Internet By now, the majority of you reading this have probably heard that the FCC is preparing to roll back Obama-era Net Neutrality protections that have been in place since 2015. These protections safeguard
NodeBB 1.7.0: Even faster, you say? We keep saying improving speed with NodeBB is one of our top priorities. And guess what? With version 1.7.0 we've found even more ways to speed things up, specifically: Translator Improvements
Feeling the need for speed? Ever since the very first commits, a primary focus of NodeBB has been speed. We set out to provide a feature-rich forum without the typical reduction in speed commonly associated with long-running projects.
NodeBB v1.6.1 Release The NodeBB team is pleased to release v1.6.1, a bugfix/patch release, for general consumption. v1.6.1 is considered a patch release and there are few changes to note. By-and-large,
NodeBB 1.6.0: faster (rendering) and prettier (emails) We've always liked to think that NodeBB is pretty fast in comparison to other forum softwares out there — our code has been reasonably tight, and of course building on Node.js doesn't hurt.
lithium The Small Pond Advantage The recently announced acquisition of Jive Software's community tools by Lithium Technologies got me thinking about bodies of water. Sounds a bit weird but stay with me... Jive and Lithium are both providers
What's up, Doc(-umentation)? I was on my way into the office one morning when I saw a link to the results of the 2017 Open Source Survey, released by GitHub. I'm almost certain I filled it