Happy Valentine’s Day!
Newgrounds runs a LAMP architecture (Linux, Apache, MariaDB and PHP) and today we updated to the latest stable version of PHP. A lot of deprecated code was changed as part of this update, so let us know if anything appears broken!
This past month we’ve had moments of downtime due to software and hardware updates but overall uptime has been over 99%. If you’re ever curious to check NG’s status, bookmark this NG Status page.
Last week we upgraded our password hashing and in January we introduced email 2FA for everyone who wasn’t already using an app for 2FA.
We’ll be focused on bug fixes, code cleanup and quality of life improvements for the rest of Q1. It’s not glamorous but it’s important work to get done. I think it’s easy to forget just how much NG is doing under the hood; performing the tasks of a video site, gaming site, music site and art site all at once without collapsing under its own weight after a quarter century.
Other News
The Music Triathlon is currently in Voting Phase 2!
February 15th - NG Mall Music Collab deadline.
February 23rd - Summertime in Wintertime Art Collab deadline.
February 28th - LISA Campfire Collab deadline.
February 28th - Transformers Collab deadline.
February 29th - Pokemon Mystery Meat Collab deadline.
March 1st - Adult Swim Collab deadline.
March 8th - Bug Collab deadline.
March 10th - Happy Tree Friends Gijinka Collab deadline.
March 20th - Storytime Collab deadline.
March 23rd - Sandwich Collab deadline.
April 3rd - Kamen Rider Collab deadline.
April 20th - Earth Day Collab deadline.
April 21st - Flash Forward deadline.
May 18th - Pico Day
June - Midsummer Rumble month-long art event!
June 28th - Too Many Games Meetup in Oaks, PA.
July 20th - Five Nights at Freddy's Collab deadline.
Pixel Day winners are up next!