Bringing this thread back rather than making a new one - to anyone who saw VeloBase down today, it's back and running. That was my doing as I was deploying the first new build in probably 3-4 years. It is the first in an update to reduce the spam/bot problems, and increase overall security. There will be a few more updates to come, but hopefully those will go a bit smoother.
Spent a good portion of the weekend knocking the dust off the code for VeloBase and trying to make some much over-due updates to it. Unfortunately life and other pursuits have pretty much diminished how much time I've got these days to regular updates, but I am committed to maintaining it long term.