I have some code that is returning a non-descript error when running a query string I am building. The string is built dynamicly and in this use case where it is breaking it is making multiple Geolocation comparisons which tend to be kind of verbose in SOQL and my theory is that the string is getting too long.

Is there a limit to the size of the SOQL string?

The last couple of days it has seemed like saving and deploying changes on a number of different instances via Mavens Mate seems to be taking quite a bit longer than usual.

Has anyone noticed a similar slow down? In some cases it has been faster to edit the code directly on the instance via the web and deploy via changesets.

Saving a class/trigger is taking on average 6-8mins which seems quite a bit longer than I am used to.