"The end result of all of this is that we grew from 2k users to almost 150k, added a ton of heavy new functionality, and still managed to optimize and cut down costs from $.15 per active user per month to just $.03 or so."
- [@snarfed.org](https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://snarfed.org/about ) breaks down all the work he's done to optimize Bridgy Fed
https://blog.anew.social/bridging-on-a-budget/
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