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🎉 Huge shoutouts to two amazing contributors from Korea's #OSSCA program who just made #Fedify even better!

First, @z9mb1 delivered PR #321 [github.com], adding a handy -o/--output option to fedify lookup. Now you can save lookup results directly to files instead of just printing to terminal—a nice quality-of-life improvement for analysis and scripting workflows.

But the real showstopper is @joonnot's incredible PR #283 [github.com], which introduces the brand new @fedify/testing package! This massive contribution (2,014 lines across 20 files) brings MockFederation and MockContext classes that completely transform how we test federated applications. No more complex setups or actual network requests—just clean, straightforward unit testing with activity tracking, inbox simulation, and queue-aware testing capabilities.

These contributions solve real pain points and showcase the amazing talent emerging from the OSSCA program. Both features will be available in the upcoming Fedify 1.8 release. The future of federated software development just got a lot brighter! 🚀

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Add --output option to fedify lookup to save results to a file instead of printing  them
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GitHubfeat(cli): Add --output option to fedify lookup to save results to a file by sij411 · Pull Request #321 · fedify-dev/fedifyBy sij411

@jpmens I yes! And I think that's the big dichotomy at the core of the discussion when people talk about the pros and cons of the way Mastodon handles migrations.
We old web farts want cool urls that don't change but for many people the temporary nature of posts here (see also: the option to automatically delete posts after x days) is a feature and not a bug.

And from what I see in the world of ActivityPub or the Fediverse in general it seems to be a pretty even split.

Heute hat die Zahl der 👩‍🎓 Follower 👨‍🎓 auf den #Mastodon-Accounts der #Hochschulen
mastodon-listen.playground.54g [mastodon-listen.playground.54gradsoftware.de]
die 40.000er Marke geknackt. Das entspricht einer Verdoppelung 2️⃣ 🐘 im Laufe des letzten Jahres.

#Reichweite und Followerzahlen sind nicht alles. Bei der #WissKomm geht es vor allem um Inhalte.
Doch die Zunahme zeigt, dass auf dem #ActivityPub-Protokoll basierende Dienste die #Hochschulkommunikation tragen können. Das ist ein schöner Erfolg für alle, die sich dafür eingesetzt haben. 🎇 Super!

Es spricht auch nichts dagegen, die Zahl noch einmal zu verdoppeln ❎ 2️⃣. Und dann nochmal ❎ 2️⃣. Das Potential ist da. Die Hochschulen müssen nur klar kommunizieren, dass die #UnisInsFediverse gehören.

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👨‍💻 Over the years, I’ve learned a lot from trial, error, and a few coffee-fueled rabbit holes while setting up all my self-hosted services. ☕⚙️

Now I’m wondering… would anyone be interested if I started sharing tutorials?

Could be:
📝 Blog posts
🎥 Video walk-throughs
📦 Docker setups
🛠️ Reverse proxy tricks, identity management, and more

Everything from “click here” beginner guides to advanced stuff like SSO with Authentik or federated Matrix!

Let me know what you’d like to see — and if there’s enough interest, I’ll start posting! 🙌

#SelfHosting #FOSS #OpenSource #Homelab #Fediverse #CloudSovereignty #TechEducation #ActivityPub

🤖 ⛔ Este robô @awakari solicita permissão para acompanhar e raspar por #ActivityPub meu perfil, só porque eu defini essa necessidade de autorização prévia, mas suponho que já deve estar seguindo geral, por razões suspeitas. Acham que é caso de bloqueio? :question_block:

A questão é para deliberação da comunidade Ayom e também para alerta geral. Não tenho certeza se acertei a etiqueta que @cadusilva costuma colocar nessas matérias.

🔄 CC @fediadminbr

@spinning_bird@mstdn.games @CursedSilicon@social.restless.systems @keirFox@tiggi.es

in the sense you mentioned Discord is transactional
It is, they just try to hide it at first to gain popularity. Its the default scheme for proprietary platforms these days. While you may think it is not based on likes and follows, it inherently is since all #Discord communities are closed off from each other, with no good means to find other ones, and all only so long as Discord (the company) doesn't find your opinions offensive or otherwise starts disliking what you do.

Don't forget, other platforms such as Facebook or Twitter are already censoring people when they talk about alternative platforms. There's nothing stopping Discord from doing the same.
like Mastodon
#Mastodon is just another means of interacting with the open protocol, #ActivityPub, and honestly not an amazing one. I would generally recommend something else, such as #Pleroma or #MissKey, which don't give off the corporate vibe and have simply better and more features.
know it’s near impossible to convince a lot of people to change platforms
That's fine, I don't want most people to be on the platforms I use. I seek them out because I care about the free and open nature of these platforms, having a lot of people that don't care about it just ruins the vibe.

Anyone who seeks them out will generally appreciate the values that are common here, and I will gladly welcome them.

I should also note that I'm not the only frequent contributor to various fediverse projects who is struggling to make ends meet. I know of at least a half dozen other independent developers who do a tonne of work in standards and figuring stuff out for the fediverse who don't have stable income from well-paid jobs to rely upon.

So my comment wasn't me asking for money from someone, but rather, just saying that there's folks that have expertise in making changes, and they could be hired to make the changes you want to see in a reasonable manner.

We cannot rely on free labour to advance the fediverse. We live in a capitalist society, so folks need money to pay their rent, buy food and frankly exist.

I'm pretty sure we have a problem when one of the most notable voices in the community responds to a "well, you could hire folks to implement things for you" like this:

And folks wonder why I'm on burn out leave at the moment. Like, we really need to have a serious conversation about just how much free and unpaid labour we're all relying on here. If I can't pay my rent, then I can't contribute to open source, it's that fucking simple.