The incident begins Hey everyone. On the afternoon of May 18th (Monday) something nasty happened. All my servers went offline. Honestly, I had no idea what to do, so I spent the whole day hoping it was just my provider acting up and that it would sort itself out. The weird part was that the…

Hey everyone. I'm Sieghard — the creator of this site. This is the first post in the new announcements section, so it makes sense to start from the beginning. About 8 years ago I couldn't shake the idea of building my own rule34 site. The kind of site I'd actually want to use myself — fast…

Originally posted in Discord on 2026-04-03 TL;DR: Started using Claude Code (AI with full access to the codebase). Rewrote the entire logging system in under a week instead of a month. Development speed is way up. TikTok mode app might drop late spring/mid summer instead of fall. Hey @everyone…

Originally posted in Discord on 2026-03-12 TL;DR rule34.xyz turns 8. Comments updated: GIFs, inline replies, expandable threads, and reporting. Angular 21 upgrade, better performance, refreshed UI. Light theme coming soon, app-next public test this fall Hey @everyone We've come a long way together…

Originally posted in Discord on 2026-02-21 TL;DR: Got hit by a massive bot attack, dealt with it. Switched to Linux after years on Windows, no regrets. Finally made my fursona. Hey @everyone. No major site updates today, just one small thing, but I wanted to share a few things from my personal…

Originally posted in Discord on 2026-01-12 TL;DR: No TL;DR this time. No shiny updates either — just reflections on 2025 and a look into 2026. Hey @everyone. I don’t even know where to start. I’d love to open this with something victorious — how great everything is, what an amazing year it was. But…

Originally posted in Discord on 2025-12-20 TL;DR: I’ve added computed meta tags to the site: best of the day / week / month / year. They are assigned automatically based on likes within fixed time windows and help highlight high-quality posts and authors. Currently available on rule34.xyz; coming…

Originally posted in Discord on 2025-12-07 TL;DR: The UK wants full user verification — selfies, documents, card data, the whole 1984 package. I’m not turning into a Ministry of Truth, so the sites will be self-blocked in the UK. Sorry, gooners. Hey @everyone. So, the United Kingdom has sent me…

Originally posted in Discord on 2025-11-03 Behind the Scenes I spent a lot of time thinking about the best way to structure and collect the data. At first, I considered using user likes as the primary source, since they're an active form of engagement. But after further analysis, I decided to…

Originally posted in Discord on 2025-04-03 Hello everyone! Today's update is very important as many of you have requested these changes. In addition to the main features, I've implemented several quality-of-life improvements. Post Navigation. It's now available for rule34.xyz. This feature will be…