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by _Marak_ 3891 days ago
Yes, that is the update counter for the live deployment count on the homepage. It constantly polling our total deployment count and updating the value on the homepage.

I'm a bit of a fan of putting unnecessary stress on our servers in a controlled fashion. This gives me a bit of wiggle room if we need to free up resources in an emergency...which still hasn't happened yet. :-)