The fact that there aren't frequent and mindblowing news about relays is a sign that they work well and we move humble and correctly.
Let's keep the complexity at the edge.
> A relay is very simple and dumb.
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The relay software is pretty complex actually if you ask me. Their mission is simple but the code required to serve tens of thousands of users at the same time isn’t «simple» or «dumb» at all. Relay devs doesn’t get enough praise for their awesome work imo.
The relay is the central element of course and I agree about its crucial importance; what I (and suppose fiatjaf) mean about simple/dumb is functional, resist to the tendency to add features, so keep a virtuous ossification strategy. This way a relay can put all his energies to scale vertically and do his work well.
I agree that relays need praise and support, keep things simple (for the end users) is hard work.
Frontend client devs always get the glory and attention. 🤣
There are a lot of interesting things happening with relays. Just have to know where to look. It's always the things considered "dumb" and "simple" until they go down by breakage or neglect. Then they are not so dumb anymore. 😉🤙