That said, the edge-caching being how it is, it's possible to run into some race-conditions where the cache has been purged but not propagated to the edge network, and if visited too soon, the stale version might end up back into the cache.

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  curl --fail --output "/dev/null" --silent --show-error -X POST "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{our_zone_id}/purge_cache" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_CACHE_PURGE_API_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data '{"hosts": ["instorier.com", "www.instorier.com"]}'

Definitely a neat time-save, even more so if the person you'd otherwise have to ask is far away or busy and the wait would've extra been long!

https://blog.klungo.no/2025/12/31/two-years-of-the-ian-knot/

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Fixing bugs and stuff is nice, but a lot of the fun speedrunning tech we depend on was also fixed, and they were kind enough to create a separate "lithfix" that only made the games playable on modern systems and left the in-game bugs intact. Not only that, but they also added a dev console and fixed some of the old cheat codes, which made it so that we could finally noclip around to inspect the maps properly and toggle on hitboxes, etc.

It's incredible the impact a single individual can have. They never asked for anything back, and now their work is even included by default on the "unofficial" download page. Even though I don't speedrun anymore (maybe one day!) I'll always be grateful for that :)

The game holds up incredibly well - beautiful scenery, fun story, some of the best and most humorous dialogue in any game ever[2], and a really strong and well-written female main character. Would strongly recommend anyone to pick it up, just know that some parts struggle a bit with the "stealth", and expect (and embrace) "going loud" at times. But do try to stealth a lot, as you're nicely rewarded with brilliant dialogue! NOLF2 is fun too, but very different - definitely worth a play through though!

They're also very fun speedrun games, and the community is very helpful to anyone, even if you're just wanting to play it casually :)

Edit: Forgot to mention that they also fixed the multiplayer in NOLF2, and some people still play sometimes! More info on this page[3]

[0]: https://www.speedrun.com/nolf <-- you'll find a link to the game here as well

[1]: https://haekb.itch.io/ <-- here you'll find all the lithtech stuff they made

[2]: https://youtu.be/q2PxxbJydBU <-- this is just one of many examples

[3]: https://spawnsite.net/

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You can easily embed stories into existing websites without any problem. As long as you can add script tags you should be good to go. You’ll find the embed code by going to the publish dialog -> publish -> embed. Better docs are coming

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Instorier is a modern website builder focused on storytelling. Out of the box it supports 3D/WebGL scenes, map journeys, and motion, with real-time collaboration and instant hosting. You can also embed Instorier stories into an existing site without a migration.

What's new now: an AI-optional onboarding flow. It helps you get started quickly, but keeps authorship yours. This isn't about generating cookie-cutter sites, it's about lowering the barrier to telling meaningful stories online.

We've found some early product-market fit in the media industry, like with Stavanger Aftenblad in Norway and Scrolli.co in Türkiye. At the same time, broader adoption has been harder. That's why we're now also exploring use cases for startups, comms teams, and agencies, while keeping the focus on what we believe makes any landing page or article succeed: engaging, meaningful storytelling.

Tech stack is Next.js and React for the service, React, Redux Toolkit, Three.js and lots of other custom JS/TS for the Editor, and the website runtime is very custom and uses Three.js for some heavy lifting.

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Instorier is a modern website builder focused on storytelling. Out of the box it supports 3D/WebGL scenes, map journeys, and motion, with real-time collaboration and instant hosting. You can also embed Instorier stories into an existing site without a migration.

What's new now: an AI-optional onboarding flow. It helps you get started quickly, but keeps authorship yours. This isn't about generating cookie-cutter sites, it's about lowering the barrier to telling meaningful stories online.

We've found some early product-market fit in the media industry, like with Stavanger Aftenblad in Norway and Scrolli.co in Türkiye. At the same time, broader adoption has been harder. That's why we're now also exploring use cases for startups, comms teams, and agencies, while keeping the focus on what we believe makes any landing page or article succeed: engaging, meaningful storytelling.

Tech stack is Next.js and React for the service, React, Redux Toolkit, Three.js and lots of other custom JS/TS for the Editor, and the website runtime is very custom and uses Three.js for some heavy lifting.

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> Tim O'Reilly suggests that Herbert also wrote Dune as a counterpoint to Isaac Asimov's Foundation series

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(novel)#Asimov's_Foundati...

From the discord: > They already have been paged and acknowledged the issue, unfortunately there is delay putting up a statuspage but it should be there soon

Edit: Status message was added right as I posted this.

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