#Fediverse growing pains: The smallish #PeerTube and #Funkwhale instances I use have gotten big enough that handling all of the data is starting to cause issues, slowdowns and whatnot. The reality of distributed/federated computing coming home to roost?
To be honest, the problem is a lot more pronounced with media sharing than with microblogging. I wonder if that's one reason why there's been a lot more proliferation of microblogging sites on Fedi versus media sharing sites - running your own instance involves a greater investment to handle streaming and storage.
Media storage is going to be an issue for #Pinetta too; it's a can that we've been kicking down the road for a while now.
#airsonic_advanced ayant abusé de ma patience en refusant le rss de plusieurs podcast (après avoir tenté vainement d’y accéder via une appli), j’ai installé une instance d’ #Audiobookshelf pour héberger mes livres audio et suivre mes podcasts.
L’interface est agréable, ça a l’air stable pour le moment. Le téléchargement et la gestion des bibliothèques sont simplissimes.
Mon mobile est trop vieux pour leur appli, mais c’est parfaitement responsive, donc l’appli est toute trouvée. À suivre…
Il semblerait que #Pinry soit au point mort (même si utilisable en l'état). Par contre, même si en "stand by" depuis quelques mois, #Pinetta promet lui la fédération 🤓
Been trying to move forward with adding pins to #Pinetta. @amthecoat has been great, getting #devOps set up as we transition over to postgres. Only trouble is my potato computer won't build a usable version of compose 😭 oh well, we'll get this eventually. I do have #postgres installed on its own on the box... shouldn't it be possible to set things up to use that instead of running it in a container? 🤔
@feditips@tomo@dungeons@cwebber@spritelyinst I keep claiming that once #Pinetta starts to take off I'll go back and redo @xyzzy properly from scratch 😅 (totally not vaporware, indeed)
There's been plenty of buzz lately surrounding #Meta connecting to the #Fediverse through #ActivityPub. As a #FOSS project that hasn't yet shipped software that federates, we don't have too much to say yet. However, it's worth saying a few things about how #Pinetta will federate, in general.
Briefly, Pinetta is a creative tool with social characteristics. Server admins will be able to operate in both "allow mode" and "deny mode"; they can choose to federate with everyone, a select few, or even no one. This means, for example, that you'll be able to use Pinetta as a fully functional Fediverse server open to large communities, or as a private server—for instance, in the context of a school where students might produce and share work with only the school's community of learners, staff, and selected guests. Even if you choose to federate with other servers, users will have fine-grained control over the reach and visibility of their posts, similar to the way #Hometown and #Calckey users do. Essentially, we're aiming to make community safety as configurable as possible to meet the widest possible set of needs—including those of the most vulnerable people and communities.
As a project, we don't plan on hosting a central instance for very large numbers of users to use; for the time being, our goal is to gradually refine the software to allow it to respond to the needs of communities, and to foster the development of united, diverse and healthy communities based on respect and trust. Our aspiration is to serve humanity, whether it's by making a nice app or by creating human connections that allow good people to do good things together. We will amplify the voices of those who share these values and aspirations, and will work actively with collaborators everywhere to prevent harm.
Still just a single-user app for the time being—and that's on purpose so that we can get federation and community safety right—but the basics are slowly coming together.
Are you a #WomanInTech with an interest in #FOSS? The #Pinetta project is looking for devs, designers, and community builders who are interested in contributing to a FOSS #ActivityPub project and shaping both community and technical frameworks. Give us a follow and a shout!
@dansup@trwnh Getting #Pinetta's version of groups (boards) working right will be a laugh and a half. Will be watching closely to see how it goes for you!
This week, the #Pinetta team has been busy on multiple fronts! Our #Codeberg repos have been popping, with one feature branch (user model) closed and a new one (user avatars) opened, and progress made on a number of issues. We've also gathered feedback from #askFedi to help us learn about people's experience with #Pinterest, which will help us set goals properly. Finally, our #Matrix channels have been busy as we collaborate both on the technical and community frameworks—and as we prepare to produce the first of several documents to express our collective vision and principles for the project.