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(Updated) T-Deck Plus: An ESP32 Handheld Device with GPS and LoRa Support

At the core of the T-Deck Plus is the ESP32-S3FN16R8, a dual-core LX7 microprocessor that supports 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5 LE connectivity. The device is equipped with 16MB of flash memory and 8MB of PSRAM. Additionally, the T-Deck Plus includes a Micro SD card slot, allowing for further expandable storage.

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Serving Faster

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 13, 2024,
updated Nov 13, 2024

Two horses friends

Trotting ahead

WHEN this site turned 15 (and later turned 20) we didn't exactly know if it would continue to grow, seeing that the Web is waning and news sites generally perish over time. And nevertheless, the site continued to grow, a year ago it escaped the shackles of MySQL/PHP/Drupal for good, and so far this week we serve over a million requests every day. We believe that the server - and by extension the site - got better connectivity in recent weeks. This means lower latency and faster page-loads. Below are requests from the US to our server in the UK, which are about 10 times slower than requests from the UK. That's still quite fast.

TM speed for UK

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