Epiktistes

Epiktistes is my home in the Fediverse. It is an instance of Ktistec, a single-user ActivityPub server like Mastodon, but with fewer users and fewer commits. Here's my introduction (last updated early-2025).

I wrote a series of posts about optimizing the performance of the Ktistec server, its build time, and its executable size: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, and part 5.

Some things I regularly write about, organized by hashtag:

I also wrote some #pointfreeverse.

Todd Sundsted
fargo north dakota

there’s excellent tesla charger coverage through north dakota. generally, we drive for ~120 minutes and then charge for 15-20 minutes. that feels like about twice as often as a gas-powered car but it hasn’t been a problem. and frequent breaks have been nice. 

#roadtrip

Todd Sundsted

i spent the night in glendive montana, which is both the town i was born in and a town i probably haven’t been back to since. it is both raining heavily and blowing hard. the wind i remember, the heavy rain i don’t remember. at the moment it feels like the coast of alabama after a hurricane, which is 180° off from the arid eastern prairies of my childhood memories. 

#roadtrip

Todd Sundsted

the five of us are racing a storm coming up from the south. (there are five of us but only saki agreed to be photographed)

billings montana

saki is having a concern…

#roadtrip

Todd Sundsted

butte montana

i grew up in montana. I remember learning about the butte copper kings in high school history class.

#roadtrip

Todd Sundsted

missoula montana

the rockies

2nd charge of the day.

#roadtrip

Todd Sundsted

driving a tesla from washington state to new york state...

#roadtrip

Todd Sundsted
Ktistec on FediDB

hmmm... gotta add status count to nodeinfo output...

#ktistec

Todd Sundsted💜 DetectaBeryl 🩷 :bunRetro:
Todd Sundsted

our may the 4th projects are done.

vader, trooper & death star
chewie, 3p0 & the falcon

i used our 3d printer to print dozens of heads/beads, and my wife and i made necklaces. we’ll save the left over parts and use them for swag and seek at dragon con this fall.

vaders and troopers in rows

the c3p0 heads were the most difficult to print—the neck made a tiny base, which didn’t adhere well when printed in multiples, even with a brim.

death star

the death star is by nils kal, and was originally a clock face. I love it.

#maythefourth

Todd Sundsted

everyone is off today so we’re boardgaming…

forgotten waters

forgotten waters is an app-driven, co-op game with an entertaining storyline. in the first scenario, our goal is to sail past/off the edge of the world (entertaining, right). players have their own individual goals as well, and to win they much achieve those goals. so it’s possible for the team to win but individual players to lose, which adds a competitive dynamic to the gameplay.

#boardgame #forgottenwaters