2026-08-09:
- Fix bug with avatar image uploads that allowed images of arbitrary dimensions
- Fix bug with signature image uploads that allowed images of arbitrary dimensions
- Backend: Fix some warnings you didn't see
- Backend: Introduce variables for paths to config file to make finding backend code files simpler and consistent instead of using conditional logic based on endpoint of calling code

2026-05-25:
- Backend performance improvements and tweaks (ie, non-code changes)
- Manually address some problematic links causing indexers and crawlers to descend into an endless recursive hell (thanks @NudeRaider)
- Remove scheduled tasks to execute empty files (lol)
- Move config file including database credentials out of publicly-accessible web root instead of relying on code to keep it from being viewed (lmao)

CEO Killed Amidst Thanksgiving Scandal
27 November 2025

MANHATTAN, NY—Turkey Barrel CEO Ryan Turkson was found
dead this morning outside his hotel room. Turkson was on
his way to the "Guidance and Gravy" shareholder banquet
when he was gunned down by a masked assailant.

Turkson, the now-late husband and father of seven young
fowl, ran afoul when revealing the new Turkey Barrel logo
was designed with the use of artificial intelligence.
Turkson had been aggressively cutting costs, replacing
workers with AI in his planned "Everything's Computer"
corporate initiative. At a recent stakeholder meeting
regarding the company's new direction, Turkson claimed,
"Nothing bad can happen. It can only good happen."


(Above: The new, controversial Turkey Barrel logo)

But bad did happen. Eyewitness testimony claims Turkson
was approached by an individual who was overheard asking,
"Do you know how many birds have been killed?", to which
Turkson allegedly replied, "Counting or not counting flock
violence?" It was at this point the individual brandished
a firearm and shot Turkson multiple times before fleeing
in an unmarked coupe.

Authorities describe the scene as "concerning", and are
"looking into it", while social media has largely responded
to the assassination with elation and praise. Photos of the
attack circulated quickly amongst members of activist group
K-Stop Season Hunters, accompanied with captions such as
"How It's Done" and "Takedown".


(Above: Official logo of K-Stop Season Hunters activist group)

Independent investigator Phree Kaya reveals that Turkson
had a shocking number of enemies due to his connections.
"I was shocked as soon as I looked around," Kaya confesses.
"Turkson had multiple connections to the turkey trafficking
industry, and he is named many times in the Poultry Files,"
she reports. "And he wasn't just an observer: he had his
hand on the remote. He was in control of it."

Turkey Barrel and its partners claim the attack to be a
violent response to the "Everything's Computer" layoffs,
although evidence left behind by the attacker suggest a
different motive. Bullet casings recovered at the scene had
engraved the words "FEAST", "FAMINE", and "FAREWELL".

It looks like some things are still analog.

2025-08-15:
- Better input validation on account registration.
- Manually repair some database errors resulting from input validation problems on account registration.
- Increase minimum password length from 8 to 10 characters.


2025-08-13:
- Fixed database errors preventing registration for new users.


2025-08-10:
- Emails for password recovery should be working again. They may and will probably get spam filtered. (For now, even though the server is correctly using DKIM, DMARC, and SPF) Emails for resending registration verification still appear to be broken and will require further troubleshooting.
- Fixed bad error handling in the forums where the page would crash with empty output. Improved associated error messages, even though users are not expected to encounter these errors in normal operations.


2025-08-06:
- Generate and display errors when topic titles or descriptions exceed the maximum length instead of failing cryptically.
- Increased maximum topic title length from 64 to 80 characters.
- Increased maximum topic description length from 64 to 80 characters.

Let's Encrypt.

Resolved some issues:

- Fixed long-running query loading the SC1 DLDB that would basically take down the entire site.
- Fixed www.staredit.net redirection to equivalent staredit.net URL with an extra slash.
- Fixed redirection to an incorrect domain.

SEN has been migrated to a new server on a new host. (here, "new" refers to the test staredit.endofinternet.net server that was under testing for several years.) Due to issues with the previous host and server, SEN had been down since Feb 23. Once the old host was up, an emergency migration was performed to migrate all uploaded data and the database to this new server.

It is very likely there will be problems, including new problems that were not present on the old server. There is still a lot of work to be done. Thank you for your patience while we work to sort out any issues.