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Category: Tech

Started a video server

By Gidi Kroon Posted on 7 August 2020 Posted in Tech Tagged with fediverse, peertube

I decided to start my own video server, using the project PeerTube: https://peertube.gidikroon.eu/ I set it up on a new Amazon AWS instance and will likely move other stuff over to it too. For now I’m surprised how little resources …

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Running a cheap server

By Gidi Kroon Posted on 31 May 2020 Posted in Tech Tagged with burstable, cpujail, fediverse, pleroma, selfhosting

Lessons I learned and am still learning about self-hosting a fediverse instance on the cheapest cloud server option. Includes me learning about the concept ‘burstable’.

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Fediverse connectivity

By Gidi Kroon Posted on 27 August 2019 Posted in Tech Tagged with fediverse, friendica, mastodon, peertube, Pixelfed, pleroma

Overview of how the different fediverse services connect together and which messages they accept or don’t.

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Pixelfed federates and supports remote follows

By Gidi Kroon Posted on 12 August 2019 Posted in Tech Tagged with activitypub, mastodon, Pixelfed

The Instagram alternative Pixelfed, which is part of the fediverse as this blog is, now supports following accounts from outside the Pixelfed instance. Much thanks to the developer for making this happen! This is a major milestone on its way …

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