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
Listening To... City of Sound

I saw City of Sound for the first time at Dragon Con last year and bought Silent Empire—which they wrote and released over several years—a few days later. I've listened to it a hundred times since then. They had an amazing live show and I really get behind their independent, "fandependent" work ethic. Sadly, it does not look like they are back this year.

#music 

Todd Sundsted

I finally hung the lamp I bought in Marrakech.

a photo of a hanging, brass Moroccan lamp shaped like a broad cone

I love the patterns!

A photo of the intricate patterns cut out of the metal that characterize these lamps

US Customs added dents during their inspection but I was able to smooth them out—metal being metal.

Todd SundstedWeek in Fediverse :fediverse_light:
Todd Sundsted

i enabled lockdown mode on my iphone a couple months ago and the only downside i've seen is that salespeople can't hit me up with unsolicited facetime attempts. which isn't a downside...

Todd Sundsted
Todd SundstedObsidian Urbex Photography
A vast, decaying industrial area with multiple levels of pipes, catwalks, and a bright window,

🏭 Iconic industrial vista. Created by shooting between two boiler stacks inside an abandoned 1950s powerplant, somewhere in Hungary

#Hungary #Photography #Urbex #UrbanExploration #Abandoned #Adventure #Explore

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i just released it and i'm already pretty happy with #ktistec hashtag/mention/keyword feeds. i created an "ActivityPub Talk" feed and i have most/all ActivityPub/Fediverse/FEP/etc. etc. etc. talk in one place.

Todd Sundsted
Release v3.9.0 of Ktistec

I shipped back-end support for algorithmic feeds in the last release. In this release I shipped front-end support. The feature needs testing and polish, so it's still not possible to navigate to the feeds editor, but if you know where to look, you can try it 😉.

"Algorithmic feeds" currently means support for custom hashtag, mention, and keyword feeds (e.g everything that mentions "#fediverse" and "#activitypub" but not "x" or "facebook").

Here's the full changelog:

Added

  • Front-end support for user-defined algorithmic feeds.
  • Allow editing optional properties on published posts.
  • Support undoing a dislike.

Fixed

  • Handle concurrent duplicate inbox delivery.
  • Don't apply custom themes on the drafts and posts pages.
  • Adapt duration units in thread analysis.
  • Restore the spinning loader.

Changed

  • Restrict theme overrides to color and reduce reliance on !important.
  • Render the homepage description in a basic segment.

Removed

  • The deliver_to state and the recipients fallback.

In the next release, algorithmic feeds get wired into the navigation!

#ktistec #crystallang #activitypub #fediverse

Todd Sundsted

i was overdue for my annual (or maybe decennial) .emacs checkup and service.

i removed support for haskell and ocaml programming—i love haskell but i'm not writing it anymore. rip. i deleted packages that support tools i've replaced with other tools (e.g. ackrg) or i just don't use (origami, counsel/ivy/swiper, etc.).

it looks like i need to migrate from a few packages to newer packages (smexamx, restclientverb, etc.). smex hasn't been maintained since ~2015 so maybe it is decennial...

#emacs

Todd Sundsted

listening to the repo man soundtrack... i didn't love the movie but i continue to love the tracks...!

#music