James Smith 💾 / is on Nostr

Generic humanoid carbon unit. ❤️ tech, democracy, environment, society.

Currently building Manyfold (npub1wfk…zv38) and site admin @ https://mastodon.me.uk

Previously: https://dxw.com, https://somethingnew.org.uk, https://openpolitics.org.uk, https://apolitical.co, https://theodi.org, https://www.amee.com and more.

Alignment: Chaotic Whimsy.

#OpenSource #Ruby #Rails #Python

Web: https://floppy.org.uk
PGP: https://keyoxide.org/BB87E90E3A03BA98FD1E7C43BF20545FD5122D5D
Pronoun: he/him
Matrix: James Smith 💾 (npub1zps…43k4):one.ems.host

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2024-08-21 13:54:01

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ooh I had an MRI yesterday of my torso, I could probably get that! Nice.

2024-07-03 10:17:36

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didn't you use someone in NL for your prints?

2024-07-02 11:08:44

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it certainly seems complex to self-host. It's a LOT of little parts that all need to work together.

2024-07-02 11:06:05

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I was going to go for a flippant reply based around your track record of doing far too many things, but I'm actually much more interested in why... Do you mean hosting it is bad, or the system itself is bad?

2024-07-02 10:52:28

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the main gotcha is that account migration isn't great; so if you can, head to somewhere you want to stay. Worth noting that Beeper is a matrix system, and they put a lot of work into the bridges to other networks.

2024-07-02 10:49:13

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it doesn't really matter, though matrix.org have said they don't want to be a big centralised one so do encourage people elsewhere. Self-hosting one with someone like https://etke.cc/ might be a good place to start.

2024-07-01 08:46:26

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having said that, West Point (the second photo) looks like how you'd design a building to lose as much heat as possible, but it's still hella cool. When the shop in the bottom closed, I briefly entertained opening a boardgame cafe there. Fortunately I was sensible and now it's a Morrisons local.

2024-07-01 08:41:46

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that is a nice tower. I'm a sucker for rotationally-offset structures.
https://mastodon.me.uk/system/media_attachments/files/112/710/333/756/604/487/original/906e89819873f2f8.jpg
https://mastodon.me.uk/system/media_attachments/files/112/710/337/149/818/911/original/7267c978a3e37208.jpg

2024-05-28 13:27:44

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that is a good call...

2024-04-16 14:43:43

Got very very distracted by discovering that Thruster has been released. It's the missing tiny HTTP server shim that #Rails apps have been missing. HTTP/2, X-Sendfile, gzip compression, and more, all with zero config. And with minimal config, built-in HTTPS with Let's Encrypt. Definitely coming to [@manyfold](https://3dp.chat/@manyfold) sometime soon.
https://github.com/basecamp/thruster

2024-03-29 13:46:53

My wife just cut some cheddar with scissors, and I really don’t know what to do.