Stefano on littleFedi
@stefanoIt's me, Stefano, the BSD and illumos Cafe Barista.
I'm testing something cool - littleFedi!
This instance is efficiently running on a Raspberry PI Zero W, powered by NetBSD.
Let's go!
And that faint, unavoidable numbness, that urge to do nothing at all...
Took some up-to-date photos of #SHORK 486 #Linux running on my #IBM #ThinkPad 365ED, demonstrating kernel 7.2 working with 486/586 support patched back in! More photos: https://ftp.sharktastica.co.uk/shork-linux/shork-486/2026-07-21&22/
The feud is finally over. And it's honestly hilarious.
Recap: Last week, a client forwarded me a request from the CRM company's support to verify the presence and content of a file in a specific directory.
I SSH'd in, ran ls, pwd, and cat on the file, then copied and pasted the output.
That kicked off a back-and-forth demands for "screenshots." The more I explained (through the client) that all the raw text was right there, the more this guy kept demanding a screenshot - becoming increasingly rude, arrogant, and condescending.
Finally, I told the client: "Put me in direct contact with him, I'll handle it."
He did, but the guy, completely unfazed, kept demanding screen grabs from the client, ignoring me entirely.
I refused to give in. In my field, I love working with people who know more than me so I can learn, and with people who know less so I can teach - or at least share my experience. But arrogance combined with stupidity is something I just can't stomach, especially when they come hand in hand.
Finally, this morning, he comes back at it again. My client, completely fed up, takes a screenshot of the text I had emailed him earlier and sends it over.
Only then did the guy notice a typo and suggest how to fix it.
We continue to get LLM reports of high severity security vulnerabilities in BIND 9 that turn out to be ... just the way the DNS works.
The *only possible conclusion* is, DNS is DANGEROUS.
Right?
One thing I’ve learned over the years is that you have to test stuff on slow, underpowered hardware.
That’s where bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and bugs show up.
@stefano already has a howto ☕️
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2023/04/03/make-your-own-vpn-wireguard-ipv6-and-ad-blocking-included/
@elena has published Part One of her Newbie's guide to self-hosting for #GoToSocial
You can read it here:
Thanks Elena! 
📣 New post 📝
"A newbie's guide to self-hosting: GoToSocial part 1 (installation and set-up)"
Basically a visual guide showing how to install #GoToSocial via #YunoHost and set it up with some basic security.
⏱️ From start to finish, it should take about 25-30 minutes.
It's my act of resistance against tech bros... I love the idea of teaching people how to self-host their own social media instance, connected to the fediverse ✌️❤️ 
Thank you @yunohost and @gotosocial for empowering us all!
#SelfHosting #Fediverse #newbie #MySoCalledSudoLife #blog #resist
The trouble with brands re-using names between them and separated by time is that some git comes along and connects the two and now it's there in your head forever.
The days are already noticeably shorter.
Insanity pricing, these are all more than when they are new.
asking for a 200$/mo claude budget at work secretly for my 4 tiramisus a week habit
@kaixin@snac.bsd.cafe Hello. Yes, I was considering them, for some specific use cases. I was also planning to extend BSSG to produce those kinds of contents.