SoapDog

Writer and developer from Brazil living in the UK.

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2026-05-28 09:11:29 UTC

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@nprofile…xm08 glad you enjoyed the post 😸 that was mostly me being frustrated uahaha

2026-04-27 23:36:30 UTC

@nprofile…87tr hey! you inspired me to start using Yunohost here. Thanks a ton.
Quick question, what frontend you're using for the GoToSocial instance at:
https://aseachange.com/@elena
From the docs, I thought it come without one and yours is looking great. Thanks for any tip.

2026-04-16 06:50:57 UTC

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@nprofile…gn75 I feel ya. I too need these reset pathways, for me they are literal paths, there are a couple walks in town that do it for me.
Sitting with a book or audiobook for a while also helps.
My digital space feels better when I use RSS, SSB, and other real social tech instead of just grunt working and social networks.

2026-04-11 11:01:56 UTC

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@nprofile…qt6g the package manager or the OS?

2026-04-11 10:56:14 UTC

I come here to request the wisdom of the fediverse, oh tusked oracle, please favour me and let me know a good #linux software to manage my #dotfiles
I'm running Niri + Noctalia on Fedora and will soon migrate to another laptop running Niri + Noctalia on Debian.

2026-03-27 13:09:12 UTC

This is my favourite page in the documentation for the RSS reader I made:
https://blogcat.org/#/why
It still brings me a ton of joy. A little rebellion against browser vendors, AI, and industry practices.

2026-03-27 12:40:31 UTC

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oh, I'm using Alpine on that server so besides the instructions here I had to install `ncurses` and `ncurses-terminfo`.

2026-03-27 12:37:53 UTC

Noticed yesterday as my website was being flooded with accesses from HN that I couldn't spawn a `tmux` session over ssh using Ghostty. I was previously using WezTerm and just switched to Ghostty this week.
https://abacusnoir.com/2025/03/07/getting-ghostty-to-work-with-tmux-in-ssh/
Helped me fix it. Thank u

2026-03-26 13:14:51 UTC

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@nprofile…s4ce I agree wholeheartedly

2026-03-26 12:22:21 UTC

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@nprofile…pvn9 have you seen that Thunderbird posted public roadmaps this month? They're focusing on the calendar UI/UX.

2026-03-26 12:20:31 UTC

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@nprofile…s4ce I remember doing something similar with Palm Pre 2 and HP Pre 3 running webOS. The Android runner worked half the time.
I am not sure we'll ever trully be able to run that stuff outside iOS or Android unless some legislation is put in place to foster it.

2026-03-26 12:17:43 UTC

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@nprofile…aw57 that is it right, sometimes we stay with macOS out of fear or just by wanting to be in this discomfort zone that is at least known. I am running Fedora on my Surface and it has been sooooo good.

2026-03-26 12:16:49 UTC

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@nprofile…nqv0 oh thanks for letting me know about OpenBubbles. That seems really cool. Not sure if I will need it as I plan to migrate to Linux before migrating the phone.

2026-03-26 12:15:43 UTC

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@nprofile…uxrx I am considering it but waiting for the Motorola phone to see it, I might still go with Fairphone cause it is repairable and done by a smaller company.

2026-03-26 12:14:19 UTC

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@nprofile…4n2p I might stay tunned for the Motorola one, I don't feel like buying a pixel. Part of the attraction of the fairphone is supporting a repairable and more fair company.

2026-03-26 12:13:35 UTC

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@nprofile…aypj have you tried an app called Curve? I seen it mentioned in Murena /e/OS blog for contactless payment.

2026-03-26 12:10:35 UTC

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@nprofile…x8ne I am so excited to receive it, I can't wait.

2026-03-26 12:10:19 UTC

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@nprofile…dy4f @nprofile…ruf6 that is exactly my point. Bugs will bug, it is what you can do about them.

2026-03-26 12:08:53 UTC

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@nprofile…pvn9 oh thanks for letting me know. I use Thunderbird, so my mail filtering is all over the place anyway as I train it.
I checked some of the banking apps against a list they have on the /e/OS website and one of my banks doesn't seem to be working. I'm also afraid some of the governemnt apps I need might not work. Maybe I need to be gradual with my migration and start with Android and maybe later get a second device to try /e/OS and see how well it works.

2026-03-26 12:05:20 UTC

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@nprofile…e8km I am so sorry your upgrade caused you such stress. My complains are nothing compared to accessibility needs that were ignored when doing that fiasco. Hope you have found something better to use at this point, I hear some Linux stuff is really good for that but can't vouch for it.

2026-03-26 12:04:13 UTC

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@nprofile…s4ce I saw here today that the company doesn't seem to be a good FOSS player and been toxic to their contributors. Before today, I was totally unaware of them.
I don't think I could run a Linux phone as a primary device cause I need government and banking apps that are only available to iOS or Android.

2026-03-25 17:05:07 UTC

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@nprofile…fr89 cheese.

2026-03-25 16:53:30 UTC

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@nprofile…e7lf yeap

2026-03-25 16:53:19 UTC

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@nprofile…s4ce am fumming here

2026-03-25 16:52:47 UTC

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@nprofile…h0ux I was not expecting that post to end up on HN at all... uhauahhuaahu

2026-03-25 16:05:18 UTC

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@nprofile…ruf6 no, Linux and Android will have more glitches or maybe just as much, but in Linux I can fix things.

2026-03-25 16:04:51 UTC

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@nprofile…270w be aware that UK law doesn't require device or operating system age verification. Only social networks need to do it. That was a proactive move by apple.

2026-03-25 16:03:32 UTC

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jesus... this post ended up on HN and now I need to hear why my personal view on my personal blog is not valid.

2026-03-25 14:08:16 UTC

Posted a long rant about #Apple and how they lost me after being a user for 26 years:
https://andregarzia.com/2026/03/apple-just-lost-me.html

2026-03-25 12:29:07 UTC

#Firefox running a split tab with Lobste.rs and Mastodon, while my own BlogCat client is on a sidebar.
Your browser can do more than you think.
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/116/289/814/322/412/906/original/f4343d0bb3e095ca.png

2026-03-25 09:47:56 UTC

My iPhone updated to the latest version during the evening. With it came age verification. Apple does this by having Apple Wallet verify you. That failed. Then it tried to manually verify you via your credit card. All my cards were not accepted as proof. I tried four debit cards and one credit card. Now I am locked out of many features. I am 45 years old. Fuck this shit.
#ageverification #apple

2026-03-24 18:32:39 UTC

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@nprofile…lhdz @nprofile…qjgw that is pushing me towards android. Not gonna lie.

2026-03-24 18:14:44 UTC

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@nprofile…yzy8 @nprofile…qjgw the project specification you are looking for is in another castle.

2026-03-21 10:41:51 UTC

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@nprofile…exkn cries in BSD...

2026-03-21 10:41:10 UTC

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@nprofile…tpfq because they're pipping it into a shell command, just saying.

2026-03-21 10:40:12 UTC

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@nprofile…exkn I don't like systemd either, it just pains me that so much software these days are assuming you're running it.

2026-03-21 10:28:40 UTC

can we have an `agents.md` that just says "no".

2026-03-20 19:08:36 UTC

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@nprofile…ygzq ARM is kinda a toolkit and each vendor tends to customise it anyway... I think saying Apple Silicon is a bit of distortion field like M-series is not simply a very good ARM with unified memory and bells and whistles, yes, but still an ARM device.

2026-03-20 19:06:23 UTC

can we please just call it ARM instead of Apple Silicon, if it quacks like a duck, if it walks like a duck...

2026-03-20 19:06:17 UTC

can we please just call it ARM instead of Apple Silicon, if it quacks like a duck, if it walks like a duck...

2026-03-20 16:06:36 UTC

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@nprofile…xz8s sounds iffy as fuck to raise that amount of money and be quiet.

2026-03-20 10:33:16 UTC

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@nprofile…5p7w this is awful. Scotland is a fertile ground for stories and writers. There is no need for AI slop here.

2026-03-20 10:28:36 UTC

This blog post "Choose the Fediverse – The lost outpost":
https://andypiper.co.uk/2026/01/09/choose-the-fediverse/
Really struck a cord with me and made me smile this morning. Choose decentralization technologies. Build for humans.

2026-03-19 15:28:19 UTC

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@nprofile…5rp8 just added a `human.json` to my website. Easy to do and helps a web made by humans <3

2026-03-19 13:31:19 UTC

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@nprofile…5rp8 this is good. Gonna add one to my site tonight

2026-03-10 12:21:32 UTC

seems something that @nprofile…w9rm would approve :3

2026-03-09 18:21:56 UTC

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@nprofile…mhl2 omg, was that text actually on WaPo? holy fuck... that is so stupid I think my text rendering broke..

2026-03-09 16:11:36 UTC

maybe we should go back to IPX/SPX, my intrusive thoughts say after trying to figure out some IPv6 bullshit.

2026-03-09 14:50:40 UTC

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@nprofile…e6sg I wanna know more about this offgrid coffee :3

2026-03-08 12:51:48 UTC

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@nprofile…v0fr the good thing about expectations is that we can adjust them :)
I'm not saying replace AP with something else, I'm saying let's build something different and let them all blossom. I really liked the spec described here:
https://fediverse.codeberg.page/fep/fep/b06c/

2026-03-08 12:49:43 UTC

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@nprofile…tc7m that was a very interesting read. I think I can implement this. Will try a small experiement soon. Thanks for sharing.

2026-03-08 12:41:48 UTC

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@nprofile…zlvh it is a really good video. Enjoyed discovering the yuno host tutorials as well.

2026-03-08 11:37:05 UTC

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@nprofile…v0fr that is the exact problem that I want to get rid of. It really sucks. For example, I'd like to host a single-user AP server here at my flat, but knowing that it will use so much bandwidth is enough for me to reconsider it.

2026-03-08 11:26:36 UTC

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@nprofile…44rk it would be a radically different experience indeed. The key is when to fetch, right? You can’t fetch as you build the feed for visualisation, fetching is slow.
You need to either make it an explicit action such as a refresh button or fetch in the background according to some interval.
Regardless, you would cache it and the feed always shows the cache. It might be out of date but it is local and fast.
Marking broken and inactive accounts is easy.

2026-03-08 11:05:51 UTC

I wish #ActivityPub was a "pull" protocol instead of a "push" protocol. The way it works, whenever you take an action, it sends that action to all followers. I would prefer if it simply stored them and then let each follower pull them when they see fit.
That would introduce latency and more async comms as your messages wouldn't pop up into someone elses feed until their software fetch the data, but I think it would make it easier to self host.

2026-03-08 11:03:24 UTC

Today, after months, I sat for the first time at my desk. As a remote worker, I'm usually working from coffee shops, sofas, my bed, my kitchen table, but never from my actual desk.
It feels strange to be here and good at the same time. Might buy a monitor for it soon. x

2026-03-08 11:01:12 UTC

This is a really nice video inviting people to the #fediverse:
https://videos.elenarossini.com/w/64VuNCccZNrP4u9MfgbhkN
by @nprofile…zlvh and others.
That's the video I'll be sending around when friends ask what is this mastodon thing.

2026-03-05 16:21:50 UTC

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@nprofile…07hu being ethical is quite hard.
It is up to individual decisions, I don't use AI.
I do think it is quite hypocritical to defend open source licenses and then use a tool that ignored all the licenses.

2026-03-05 15:45:22 UTC

if you're developing FOSS using LLMs and care about licenses, you should not be using LLMs because all those models were trained by ignoring all the licenses everywhere.

2026-03-05 11:00:31 UTC

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@nprofile…zr8z need a package.json as well to get VC money.

2026-03-04 23:08:38 UTC

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@nprofile…y2q9 wait a bit to move the identity. I am gonna work on a way to restore it from the words

2026-03-04 15:15:19 UTC

argh, those new colours for MacBook Neo's are uninspired as fuck. Apple played way too safe with the selection. You can have boring corporate-person-in-training silver, indigo, and pink, or baby-puke worst yellow. They could have gone with some vivid colours (including a vibrant yellow).

2026-03-04 14:05:49 UTC

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@nprofile…hwf2 wrote a bit about it:
https://andregarzia.com/2026/01/three-months-of-poncho-wonky.html
This does not include the recent features I implemented since which are:
* New full text search backend.
* New blob management tool.

2026-03-04 13:58:27 UTC

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@nprofile…hwf2 it will give you update notices, not there is no autoupdate feature.

2026-03-04 13:50:47 UTC

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@nprofile…hwf2 just be aware that the macOS release is not an universal release. You need the one for your ISA.

2026-03-04 13:22:18 UTC

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@nprofile…hwf2 heeey! you can grab an appImage file for Linux or a dmg for macOS:
https://github.com/soapdog/patchwork/releases
Poncho Wonky checks for updates when it launches, if there is one it will let you know.

2026-03-04 12:30:12 UTC

Just added a tool to help free up disk space used by blobs in Poncho Wonky.
#SecureScuttlebutt keeps moving forward regardless of naysayers.
If you're running Patchwork, you should consider migrating to my fork Poncho Wonky.
#SSB #Decentralization
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/116/170/902/499/099/118/original/8b903e29af5402b5.png

2026-03-04 11:09:37 UTC

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@nprofile…tuer lobste.rs still good.

2026-03-03 19:33:11 UTC

oh gods, I think I'm gonna learn Rust...

2026-03-02 14:08:41 UTC

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@nprofile…3eqn you keep repeating yourself and yet, SSB does not REQUIRE pubs or room servers. It was meant to connect people who already know each other or who are friends with people who have people in the ecosystem. You seem to be forgetting what it is all about.
Nostr must use relays. That is ok but that is a different set of constraints.

2026-03-01 18:54:59 UTC

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@nprofile…pta8 @nprofile…3eqn @nprofile…juzz sounds like wishful thinking to me. Lots of buzzwords, not for me though. Thanks for sharing.

2026-03-01 16:49:05 UTC

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@nprofile…pta8 @nprofile…3eqn @nprofile…juzz couldn’t find the source code for waxos

2026-03-01 15:40:15 UTC

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@nprofile…3eqn @nprofile…juzz I literally made a Poncho Wonky release from an airplane while offline while testing and browsing SSB. Nostr and SSB are not the same at all. Offline first, local first is something that is seldom appreciated these days.

2026-03-01 15:39:03 UTC

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@nprofile…juzz @nprofile…3eqn Reaversion, just be aware that strypey opinions might not be representative of what other SSB users experience.

2026-03-01 15:38:20 UTC

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@nprofile…3eqn you're using the wrong words there, you're mixing "needs" with "benefits from". SSB does not need rooms or pubs, but it is easier if you have access to them. It can work fine without it and like you said, it was meant to follow your IRL connections.
Also rooms are running fine and so are pubs.
Poncho Wonky can also do direct connections between peers without rooms or pubs if you have an accessible IP such as the ones from Yggdrasil.
NOSTR needs relays.

2026-03-01 15:36:29 UTC

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@nprofile…3eqn that is until I took over and started adding things, but software working for their users is why we do this. If it is working and there are users, then it is not dead.

2026-03-01 15:35:48 UTC

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@nprofile…3eqn due to the nature of SSB itself, you can't know how many people are using it. If they're more than 2 hops away from you, you won't see them at all. ManyVerse runs with hops 1 iirc so that is even more tunnel vision of the network (to save disk ofc).
There are users out there and you're conflating apps being complete for their use with them being dead.
Patchwork for example has been considered complete. It has run as good as it always has.

2026-03-01 15:33:26 UTC

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@nprofile…3eqn be careful to extrapolate personal subjective experience as truth. Tilde Friends is quite unique, you could for example have reached to the developer asking for guidance.
We write manuals for a reason and if you're facing challenges using something, you defo should reach out to the reference materials or people involved in it.

2026-03-01 15:31:44 UTC

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@nprofile…3eqn @nprofile…u6df @nprofile…juzz
I'm not in the business of changing people's mind. You can believe whatever you wish, I'm not the thought police here, but I see things very differently.
> Most of the devs championing SSB have moved on.
And why does that matters? Most FOSS change hands over time. People interests move onto different things. we're humans and our wants are many.

2026-02-27 13:03:50 UTC

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@nprofile…jqqp yessss

2026-02-27 12:04:51 UTC

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@nprofile…3eqn @nprofile…juzz lots of strong opinions there which I'll beg to disagree in a polite way. :)

2026-02-27 11:50:21 UTC

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@nprofile…ezqw isn't dat and hyper the same thing?
Also, SSB is doing fine, not sure if you've seen what I been doing:
https://andregarzia.com/2026/01/three-months-of-poncho-wonky.html

2026-02-27 11:23:25 UTC

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@nprofile…ezqw I like dat/hyper.
I was mainly thinking about ActivityPub, Nostr, ATProto

2026-02-27 11:07:10 UTC

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@nprofile…ezqw I see a lot of federation attempts or decentralization that can't work without relay nodes. I prefer how SSB works in which it can work without any of that.

2026-02-27 11:06:32 UTC

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@nprofile…enmf @nprofile…eke9 that is very similar to the one I built, BlogCat.

2026-02-27 09:57:09 UTC

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@nprofile…tkha @nprofile…7dlk I really like these, thanks for sharing.

2026-02-27 09:51:08 UTC

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@nprofile…juzz technically you don’t need them but they do make life much easier. The room hosted by tildefriends.net is one I been using lately ✨

2026-02-26 17:17:39 UTC

RSS doesn't necessarily means firehose. You find that you wanna use a feed reader but having a constant stream of posts causes you anxiety? I wrote about alternatives that might suit you:
https://andregarzia.com/2025/04/rss-doesnt-necessarily-means-firehose.html
#RSS #Blogging

2026-02-26 12:05:19 UTC

I sometimes find some FOSS projects that are really interesting, but then I double check and they were built with Claude or some other gen AI tool and then I simply loose all interest.
People say it is just a tool, I have a different opinion. Using said tools is being cumplicit in a socio-economical project that is antiethical to my values. Tools are political, one needs to make a stand.

2026-02-26 12:00:52 UTC

Had a delicious rose chai recently at Let Petit Bleue in Edinburgh.
#showmeyourtea
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/116/136/816/596/687/185/original/360a4fb771352108.png

2026-02-26 11:33:47 UTC

Lots of exciting #decentralization protocols and technology out there. Some are not ready for usage, others are not following the paradigm I prefer, I love that we're spoiled for choice.
IMO I still love #SecureScuttlebutt, for me it is still the best offline-first local-first gossip protocol out there. Yes, it has dangerous corners and design issues, but it works and I can build apps with it for my friends.

2026-02-25 17:00:58 UTC

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@nprofile…s2pv I used pinafore in the past, was not sure if it still existed.

2026-02-25 15:05:14 UTC

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@nprofile…86ue thank uuu

2026-02-25 14:51:22 UTC

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@nprofile…86ue trying that one after @nprofile…h0ux also recommended it. Still trying to figure out how to make it multicolumn

2026-02-25 14:18:44 UTC

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@nprofile…ykh8 @nprofile…ufp3 @nprofile…m8u8 @nprofile…zz4a @nprofile…gf9y
Excited to be attending this gathering, it has been a while since I last been around #dweb folks. Can't wait to discover what is new and also show what I been working on.

2026-02-25 13:02:49 UTC

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@nprofile…h0ux ooo I'm not aware of that one, let me check it out.

2026-02-25 12:57:38 UTC

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@nprofile…tgry is that on nightly only? I can't see it yet on my #Fedora

2026-02-25 12:38:19 UTC

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@nprofile…wzz7 I wish I could run this on a modern machine rn.

2026-02-25 12:34:23 UTC

hey #fediverse people using #mastodon on underpowered machines, what is your client of choice?
I'm on a #SurfaceGo with a Pentium Gold running #Fedora with #KDE and think that maybe someone here has a recommendation for something more lightweight than the default web client.

2026-02-25 11:55:32 UTC

Today decided to work from my Surface Go 1 running Fedora with KDE instead of my M1 Macbook Air running macOS. The difference between a Pentium Gold and a M1 is quite noticeable, but at the same time I am quite happy.
This used to be my main machine before I had the mac and it was running windows 10 at the time.
Surfaces are such little gems. I prefer a Surface keyboard over a mac keyboard at any time.
My grail machine is a MNT Pocket Reform, one day I will save enough to get one.