Yeah, how many GB is it now? I'm thinking the problem is in the RPC nodes index to the blockchain, this seems to be unstable unless it's in RAM (as @elfspice says), but does work to some extent using very fast swap with SSDs in RAID 1. I get the feeling it's not too hard to solve though to be honest, but I'm still learning about the infrastructure, and the information is hard to collate.
I've been considering working with Steem Connect soon too, I would have to convince myself the platform has a future, before I put more time into it!
From elfspice - "about 50% growth in under 6 weeks since I last saw the chain was 14gb, it is now 22gb"
I'm not that technical that I could provide any input on this issues. They however do make me worried since I care about the decentralization part in a big way.
My little project doesn't really need Steem, it posts all data to its own database and to Steem so it's fine even if it implodes. Sad, but fine.
I've seen his post now... it is pretty crazy!