The vibe this week: hunting down obscure problems.
While I've been going through profiles of bizarre performance behavior one
agonizing step at a time, the Twisted Matrix server has been on the
fritz.
Exarkun is at the facility right now, taking the server's case off, poking
the components with sticks, and generally abusing it. Right now we're
thinking maybe it's a problem with the CPU fan, but since it starts off
spinning at 4000 RPM, it seems unlikely that it's the fan itself that's
broken.