gyptazy.com is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
New blog post:
I'm a wanted criminal in Italy. Well, maybe. Probably not
http://82mhz.net/posts/2026/01/i-m-a-wanted-criminal-in-italy-well-maybe-probably-not/
Auf normalen Suchmachinen landet man inzwischen ja recht selten auf wirklich interessanten Seiten. Die meisten Ergebnisse sind irgendein SEO optimierte KI Müll, Seiten die einem was verkaufen wollen, Reddit, Wikipedia oder Github. Deswegen finde ich Projekte wie Uberblogr oder Greatblog so toll.
Gibt es noch ähnliche, vielleicht internationaler ausgerichtete Projekte dieser Art.
#uberblogr #greatblogs #blogging #bloggingcommunity
manpageblog is written in Python and available for many systems, including #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, #NetBSD or #Solaris based ones like #Illumos but also on #Linux like #Debian or #Ubuntu.
Changelog v1.6:
The project source is available on GitHub at:
https://github.com/gyptazy/manpageblog
You can find a real-life demo on my website at https://gyptazy.com
#opensource #devops #minimalism #purism #web #blog #blogengine #blogging #coding #python #website #manpageblog
I'm thinking about #blogging, and I kind of instinctively suspect Substack is awful. As well as providing a platform for godawful far-right grifters, why else should I avoid it?
Any advice/perspectives on alternatives would be welcome
#SelfHosting week 1, phase 3.
Decision is almost made, considering a site based on hybrid solutions:
Newsletter -> buttondown
stories -> writefreely
interactions/comments -> lemmy (where stories from writefreely will spread to fediverse) and at this point I find less useful to federate Writefreely, given that this platform has no comments. Makes sense a "reply via e-mail" pointing to LetterBird page I have, and "follow [category/community] on Lemmy to comment via Fediverse.
What's missing? A stable navigation menu, and an internal search engine. Found a way to place a landing for the site, through writefreely's admin settings.
My main (no longer so hidden) intention is get rid of WordPress, despite self-hosted its philosophy is drastically changing.
And I even have Bearblog which solves some of the issues for nav menu and maybe search bar, but it's a centralized platform depending on one person only. Of course accessibility is the main focus, both in back and front-end.
Any suggestion or feedback is highly appreciated, this month will be dedicated to tests and experiments.
#a11y #accessibility #ActivityPub #blind #blog #blogging #feedback #fediverse #FollowerPower #lemmy #newsletter #SelfHost #SelfHosting #WordPress #WriteFreely #writing
The Virtue of Finished Things
An email asking if my software was abandoned made me realize how the ideal of completeness has disappeared from our lives. In an era of mandatory updates and disposable goods, I reflect on the value of boring software - the kind that is finished, reliable, and simply does its job.
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2026/01/06/the-virtue-of-finished-things/
An email asking if my software was abandoned made me realize how the ideal of completeness has disappeared from our lives. In an era of mandatory updates and disposable goods, I reflect on the value of boring software - the kind that is finished, reliable, and simply does its job.
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2026/01/06/the-virtue-of-finished-things/
New blog post:
Spreading misinformation on the internet
http://82mhz.net/posts/2026/01/spreading-misinformation-on-the-internet/
New blog post:
How does a smoke alarm work?
http://82mhz.net/posts/2026/01/how-does-a-smoke-alarm-work/
Seit ein paar Jahren schreibe ich vereinzelt Tech-Artikel, bisher eher im stillen Kämmerlein. Im Dezember kam dann über meinen Pixelfed FOSS Adventkalender eine E-Mail: "Möchtest du für unseren Dev-Blog schreiben?"
Diese Anfrage war der Anstoß: Statt für andere zu schreiben, habe ich meinen eigenen Dev-Blog gegründet. Alte Artikel überarbeitet, neue Struktur, klarer Fokus auf Tech-Workflows, Linux und wissenschaftliches Arbeiten.
Erster größerer Neuzugang: Ein kompletter Markdown+Pandoc Workflow für Laborprotokolle.
Schaut gerne vorbei
https://404lifenotfound.freeddns.org/posts/pandoc/
#DevBlog #Blogging #OpenSource #FOSS #Markdown #Linux #TechStory #Pixelfed #Reboot
The Universes Behind the Lights
A small domestic 'crime', a cold night walk, and the mind starts to wander...
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2026/01/01/the-universes-behind-the-lights/
#MyNotes #Blogging #FirstPostOfTheYear #PersonalReflections #Reflections #Life #People
Whew, I finally moved my old posts from 2010-2012 to the my blog in sake of history preservation. Hope¸ people who subscribed on it via the RSS, won't be overwhelmed with a lot of blogposts from the past, written in Russian language.
https://eugene-andrienko.com/archives.html#2012
Those times I didn't wrote in English and also my writing style was a way worse than now
A small domestic crime, a cold night walk, and the mind starts to wander...
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2026/01/01/the-universes-behind-the-lights/
#MyNotes #Blogging #FirstPostOfTheYear #PersonalReflections #Reflections #Life #People