Day 1 of Light Speed Up: When transparency matters more than perfection

Launched LightSpeedUp this morning (Show HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42059309)

12 hours later: first lesson.

Had scheduled ZFS storage maintenance - expected 30-45 minutes, took ~2 hours. Everything's back online, but here's why I'm posting about it:

Most hosting companies hide behind vague "planned maintenance" notices. I'm building in public, which means showing the bumps - not just the wins.

Technical details: - ZFS RAID-Z2 pool optimization on 8x 1.2TB enterprise SSDs - RAID-Z2 operations take 3-4x longer than documentation suggests - Next time: budget way more time

Lesson learned: When building in public, transparency matters more than perfection.

Live monitoring (always): https://lightspeedup.com/health.php

Original Show HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42059309

Questions: Have you had maintenance take 3-4x longer than expected? How do you handle Day 1 issues?