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jrconlin

@jrconlin@soc.jrconlin.com

Got two Turing tables and some microcode.

I work on back-end server-y type stuff at a place that keeps rockin' the free web. I like rust, python, and horrible puns (not necessarily in that order).

I tend to be nice for selfish reasons (I don't like hanging out with jerks).

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polotek, to random
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I started down this road because I asked about seeing a full activity log on my own server instance. And it turns out you just can't.

My goal is to make it easy to stand up two separate mastodon instances on my laptop. Then I can get them to talk to reach other and observe what is actually happening. I think that'll teach me a lot

https://social.polotek.net/@polotek/112453817656490883

jrconlin,
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@polotek @thisismissem

I think part of the problem is that Mastodon really isn't simple. There are a lot of weird, surprisingly complex bits that want to work together to handle things at a scale much higher than "just one person".

Thing like the redis cache server, Sidekiq task scheduler, and all the local page builds and caches. It really kinda wants to be the only thing on the instance since it makes a lot of assumptions about what it's going to talk to.

polotek, to random
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I've spent the last several days trying to get a local mastodon build running on my laptop. I've gotten pretty far, but I have yet to see an actual UI in my browser.

So far, I've been trying out various attempts to run it in docker. That should be easier than trying to get the various components set up myself. But for some reason it's not. Getting mastodon configured properly is pretty complex. Getting everything right "out of the box" feels pretty error prone.

jrconlin,
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@polotek

I think part of it may be tooling scale. There are smaller, simpler instances like gotosocial.org, which are better suited for smaller machines, but they're not 100% compatible with mastodon. I guess it kinda depends on what part of ActivityPub you're trying to work on.

But, yeah, you're absolutely right that all of this needs to be easier and clearer for folk to make the right decision for what they need.

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