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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.
I found this sticker in a box of miscellany. Based on the things it's stored alongside it's between 10 and 20 years old—I remember being handed it but I don't remember where or when. I'd intended to stick it on my laptop.
I had forgotten that Shepard Fairey was responsible for the original design. You can read more about that here.
Ah, the old days when Mozilla was still cool...
RE: https://mastodon.social/users/Locusmag/statuses/117101769634983338
with a title like this, I just had to buy it...
Explore @garykwolfe’s review of THE THREE COFFIN PROBLEM by @lavietidhar.bsky.social: “Tidhar is obviously having a good deal of fun with real and imagined history.” https://locusmag.com/review/the-three-coffin-problem-by-lavie-tidhar-review-by-gary-k-wolfe/
not attending #worldcon / #laconv this year... it's the week before #dragoncon starts. even sadder, i just realized that worldcon 2027 in montréal is on the exact same dates as dragoncon.
(dragoncon is the annual family vacation, so it's not negotiable)
today i learned that THIS_STYLE_OF_NAMING is called the SCREAMING_SNAKE convention.
years of C, C++, Java, Ruby, etc. etc. etc. and i never knew...
i do sometimes wonder if people on the fediverse know they're on the fediverse 😉
Type-Checking SQL Queries With Crystal Macros
My #crystallang macro powers are unmatched.
https://willhbr.net/2026/08/15/crystal-macro-sql-type-checking/
Vacation reading…
I started with the chapters on MUDs and LambdaMOO, and Inform and Interactive Fiction. Now from the beginning…
Servers
- Akkoma v2026.08
- WriteFreely v0.17.2
- Wafrn v2026.08.03
- Mitra v5.9.0
- Ktistec v3.11.0
- Hollo v0.9.11
- Mastodon v4.6.6
- Forte v26.8.11
- gathio v1.6.4
- ActivityPub for WordPress v9.2.2
- NeoDB v0.17.6
- NodeBB v4.15.0
- Trunk & Tidbits, July 2026 (Mastodon)
Clients
- Aria v1.5.11
- Snowdrop: Multiplatform client for Mastodon API compatable Fediverse software
Tools and Plugins
For developers
- Fedipub v0.9.0
- Library progress report - August 2026 (GoActivityPub)
Protocol
- FEP-e4de: Closing Registration on Unattended Servers
- FEP-633c: Guardians
Articles
- Deploying your own Vernissage instance
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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub
Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/019fde3b-670e-7793-9180-6d8d0ddca40a
shades of blue
Despite the fact that a shared inbox is an optional actor endpoint, some servers assume Mastodon and deliver to /inbox instead of the actor's inbox. Okay, fine. This release of Ktistec includes support for shared inboxes.
🖐️🎤
Here's the full changelog:
Added
Fixed
closed namespace, and treat closed and endTime interchangeably.highlighted CSS class.Changed
My current passion project is the Ktistec feed deck—multiple, parallel panes in the same window, each displaying an algorithmic feed. It will be in usable shape in time for the next release.