date: 2007-11-11 12:20:54+00:00
slug: a-very-brief-mention-of-upcoming-changes
title: A very brief mention of upcoming changes..
-categories:
-- community
-- freenode
-- infrastructure
+category: community
+category: freenode
+category: infrastructure
+imported: yes
---
As you are probably aware we are in the process of rehauling the IRCd and Services software running on freenode. While hyperion and theia have served us well for a significant amount of time they are also starting to struggle under the weight of our rapid growth (we recently hit 43,000 users, which is a number we hadn't anticipated -- that's 15,000 more users than we had a year ago).