One of the problems with the Web 2.0 monolith pattern (server + web client) is that it makes community-hosting of services seem much more resource-intensive than it needs to be.
How much of the server resources used by a standard Matrix homeserver install, for example, is used by the Element […]
Has anyone tried to use the AGPL-licensed code published by Minds.com to stand up their own community-hosted service? If that works, we'll add it to fediverse.party;
https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fediparty/issues/277
On the face of it, this would give you access to both ActivityPub and Matrix […]
"...the goal is that [BandWagon.fm] is maybe the hub of a network of servers. Maybe this is the first server people come to, set up all their stuff, and then use it to port out eventually to the server they want to be on. All those servers out there in the network, they could easily be run by […]
OMG I just remembered the BBS craze. Which happened in the decade or so between my childhood computers (Commodore 64), and owning my first PC, so I didn't get to participate. By the time I got back into computers, net connections, email and the web were a thing.
But the BBS is one aspect of the […]
#TIL about #PikAPods;
"Instant Open Source App Hosting
Run the finest Open Source web apps from just $1.20/month."
https://www.pikapods.com/
I can't endorse this company's services without at least trying them, so keep your grain of salt handy. But I like the concept.
#hosting #CommunityHosting
