i’m setting up an old mac laptop (2019) for dev work… docker or podman?

in nyc, hoping to score a raspberry pi zero 2 w

i added some in-process data collection to ktistec in order to better understand how it uses memory.

the chart shows the accumulated total requested memory (blue) over time. as expected, it grows monotonically and almost linearly. in theory, i guess, if i posted something engaging, you'd see the effect of the engagement  (likes, shares, follows, etc. etc. etc.) on memory usage. in any case, the heap (red) remains flat.

i think it would be great to have this chart on the metrics page. when time permits, i'll add it. in the meantime, if you're running a (very) recent build, you're collecting data.

#ktistec

sometimes positive sounding things—like effective altruism—become justification instead of motivation.

tonight's the debut of toby spark, gnome artificer. it's my third campaign with the same group of people—all old coworkers, and some family. we play over hangouts—it's amazing how normal that feels now. ("sit around a table with paper and pencils! oh, how quaint!")

toby says, "...the secret to controlling magic is gears and pulleys...!"

#dnd5e

for a bit of levity... links to some of my #pointfreeverse

i'm currently working on a few ktistec enhancements in parallel.

• performance improvements to rule evaluation. performance isn't a problem during regular inbox/outbox processing imo, but large batch operations take too long and use too much memory.
• dependency minimization (and removal). for expediency, a few dependencies are pulled from cdns instead of being served locally. since "minimal dependencies" is a feature i'm pushing, i should clean up where i can.
• interoperability enhancements. the fediverse continues to evolve/innovate. it looks like another pass of interoperability testing might be warranted.

there are ~13 instances currently running that i'm aware of, so there's also a solid stream of bugs/enhancements coming in 😉 thanks everyone!

#ktistec

first charge! I’m glad to be post-petroleum.

there's an interesting, non-technical social dynamic in the fediverse. the existence of federated islands of users, not all of which even run mastodon, encourages certain kinds of social grouping aligned to interests. membership also becomes, i think, an expression of identity. i wonder what that says, then, about those of us who run our own single user instances? 😀