schmonz.com is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.

This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.

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[?]The Real Grunfink »
@grunfink@comam.es

Hi, author here. Yes, the list of posts by an account is not shown through the Mastodon API, as it could be slow. Maybe someday.

    [?]blainsmith »
    @blainsmith@snac.rblgk.sh

    So weird. Tusky won't display my own posts running on my own snac instance when I look at my profile.


      [?]The Real Grunfink »
      @grunfink@comam.es

      I'm sorry, but no ( author here).

        [?]Justine Smithies »
        @justine@snac.smithies.me.uk

        I use to populate my feed. Just type in a hashtag that you wish to follow and then copy and paste the link into the follow section on .

        https://relay.fedi.buzz/

          [?]lorenzo »
          @lorenzo@snac.bobadin.icu

          Is it possible to block federation with entire instances not for single user but for the whole instance in ?

          In the docs i can't find anyhing about it.

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            [?]The Real Grunfink »
            @grunfink@comam.es

            I announce the release of version 2.77 of , the simple, minimalistic instance server written in C. It just reverts a feature included in previous version; links in posts were also included as attachments, but, while harmless and on spec, it made posts look ugly in some platforms, and what the world doesn't need is more ugly things.

            https://comam.es/what-is-snac

            If you find useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.


              [?]The Real Grunfink »
              @grunfink@comam.es

              The last release fixes a problem with the Mastodon API. Now, apps (or webapps like Phanpy) properly work as the "inifite scrolling" has been fixed.
              Thanks, Stefano. To be fair, the merit for this fix goes to @cheeaun@mastodon.social (Phanpy's author), who brought to my attention where the problem was.

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                [?]Stefano Marinelli »
                @stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                The last release fixes a problem with the Mastodon API. Now, apps (or webapps like Phanpy) properly work as the "inifite scrolling" has been fixed.
                Thanks, @grunfink - this was one thing that kept some of my friends away from self-hosting with snac, and now I can help them to have their own digital home.

                  [?]lorenzo »
                  @lorenzo@snac.bobadin.icu

                  @menel@snikket.de Can I ask you witch relay are you using for your instance?

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                    [?]lorenzo »
                    @lorenzo@snac.bobadin.icu

                    https://bobadin.icu/cambia-tutto/





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                      [?]FediMeteo »
                      @admin@fedimeteo.com

                      All the instances have been updated to 2.76


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                        [?]lorenzo »
                        @lorenzo@snac.bobadin.icu

                        In love with


                          [?]The Real Grunfink »
                          @grunfink@comam.es

                          Hi, author here. The xs code is specially crafted to parse the JSON files in use in the ActivityPub protocol, which are a) mostly small, and b) they have very few numbers, so the string to double conversion happens almost never.

                          Regarding the enum numbers: they are surely arbitrary, but the rationale there is that they are all ASCII control codes (so: less than 32) that should never happen in a JSON file (and, if they occasionally appear, they are converted to their Unicode representations). The correspondence is:

                          XS_TYPE_STRING 0x02 ASCII: STX (start of text)
                          XS_TYPE_TRUE 0x06 ASCII: ACK (acknowledge)
                          XS_TYPE_FALSE 0x15 ASCII: NAK (negative ack.)
                          XS_TYPE_LIST 0x1d ASCII: GS  (group separator)
                          XS_TYPE_LITEM 0x1f US  (unit separator)
                          XS_TYPE_DICT 0x1c ASCII: FS  (file separator)
                          So, yes, they are arbitrary, but make some fucking sense, or at least a little bit.

                          CC: @lizzy@social.vlhl.dev

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                            [?]ティージェーグレェ »
                            @teajaygrey@snac.bsd.cafe

                            Thank you!

                            I submitted a Pull Request to update MacPorts' snac to 2.76 here:

                            https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/28373

                            GitHub Actions Continuous Integration checks passed!

                            It's up to someone else with write access to merge it.

                            Thanks to you and dandelions and shtrophic (and anyone else I may have missed) for the continued contributions and improvements!

                            (these modest diffs were prepared in part while listening to "Garlic Braid" by LMNO & D-STYLES: https://d-styles.bandcamp.com/track/garlic-braid [the 1st single from the upcoming full length album: Three Mimes & an Elephant)



                              [?]The Real Grunfink »
                              @grunfink@comam.es

                              does indeed support access (bearer) tokens:

                              https://comam.es/snac-doc/snac.1.html#Implementing_post_bots

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                                [?]The Real Grunfink »
                                @grunfink@comam.es

                                I'm glad to announce the release of version 2.76 of , the simple, minimalistic instance server written in C. It includes the following changes:

                                Added Webmention support for links (Markdown-style or direct) written in a post.

                                Added new command-line options for list maintenance.

                                Display custom emoji in more places (contributed by dandelions).

                                Mastodon API: fixed infinite scroll in many clients (thanks to cheeaun for giving me the clue), added /api/v1/accounts/.../lists endpoint (contributed by dandelions).

                                Email notifications can now be sent via libcurl SMTP instead of spawning the /usr/sbin/sendmail program. To use this new feature, some additional server configuration is needed, see snac(8) (contributed by shtrophic).

                                https://comam.es/what-is-snac

                                If you find useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.


                                  [?]Justine Smithies »
                                  @justine@snac.smithies.me.uk

                                  Oh well lesson learned. Be careful how many large photos you post on your single user instance. Just DDoS myself for a moment there. Looked at the stats on and I was maxing out the 100Mb uplink. Thank God for the fantastic Andrews & Arnold 1G/100Mb fttp connection.

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                                    [?]The Real Grunfink »
                                    @grunfink@comam.es

                                    I love independent proposals, so next release of will include support for Webmention. It's a protocol built on top of web standards and part of the IndieWeb. It helps web page maintainers and bloggers to know when one of their URLs are mentioned in other platforms by providing a webhook to receive notifications. In snac's case, all links written in a Fediverse post (directly or using the Markdown format) will be tested for Webmention endpoints and notified if they exist.

                                    I don't know how many web sites out there implement Webmention (I guess very few), but given that it has been very simple to implement, here it is.

                                    Long live the non-big-tech Internet.


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                                      [?]gyptazy »
                                      @gyptazy@mastodon.gyptazy.com

                                      My relay instance for the evolved in a great way - more than 120 instances are already connected to boost your posts across the Fediverse.

                                      If you're running / , , or any other software on the protocol that supports relay instances - feel free to join the relay! Hopefully also supports relay services soon! Of course is supported (for IPV6 only instances).

                                      fedi-relay.gyptazy.com

                                      Screenshot of the overview page of fedi-relay.gyptazy.com showing more than 120 connected instances for a federated network within the Fediverse.

                                      Alt...Screenshot of the overview page of fedi-relay.gyptazy.com showing more than 120 connected instances for a federated network within the Fediverse.

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                                        [?]The Real Grunfink »
                                        @grunfink@comam.es

                                        I've just enjoyed this fascinating conversation between @firesidefedi@social.firesidefedi.live and @stefano@bsd.cafe, where the latter explains how he planted the seed of the incredibly friendly, great and extense community that is the BSD Cafe. Open source, owning you own data and the importance of interconnecting people is talked about here. Of course, Stefano also talked about https://fedimeteo.com/, his great project that makes weather information available to the whole Fediverse; this makes me, as the developer of (one of the pieces of software that operates Fedimeteo), also a bit proud of being a part of.

                                        As Stefano says, "you can't describe passion", but you can feel it from his words.

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                                          [?]r1w1s1 »
                                          @r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe

                                          Hi Feedverse!!!

                                          Big thanks to Stefano Marinelli (@stefano@bsd.cafe),
                                          our dedicated admin keeping BSD.cafe running smoothly.
                                          Stefano is always such a positive presence, and his work
                                          is the foundation of our feedverse home.

                                          And a huge shoutout to The Real Grunfink (@grunfink@comam.es),
                                          creator of the excellent server.
                                          Snac truly embodies the KISS and minimalist principles – simple,
                                          efficient, and powerful software that makes the Fediverse better.

                                          These two contribute significantly to our online space.
                                          If you value their efforts and the spirit of their work,
                                          consider supporting them financially.
                                          Every bit helps keep these vital parts of the decentralized web thriving.

                                          Thank you, Stefano and Grunfink!


                                            [?]Stefano Marinelli »
                                            @stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                            For those who want to watch yesterday's live chat on Fireside Fedi, here’s the link to the full video. We talked about the BSD systems, FediMeteo, snac, the BSD Cafe, the Open Source world, the Fediverse and... spaghetti

                                            video.firesidefedi.live/w/vSo8

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                                              [?]The Real Grunfink »
                                              @grunfink@comam.es

                                              For today's , I want to thank @gyptazy@gyptazy.com and his cool project BoxyBSD, for providing me with a small OpenBSD VPS that works like a charm and that is helping me with the development of .

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                                                [?]The Real Grunfink »
                                                @grunfink@comam.es

                                                Due to decades of experience per programmer, state-of-the-art development processes and a diligent QA department, you can write /etc/hosts (or even /etc/passwd) in a post and let the verb be spread to the world.

                                                Not so in other platforms:

                                                https://scalewithlee.substack.com/p/when-etchsts-breaks-your-substack

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                                                  [?]Amitai Schleier »
                                                  @schmonz@schmonz.com

                                                  my Fediverse microblog with means being able to do this kind of thing:

                                                  :; jq -r '.id' < $(ag -l 'six thirty twelve meters' ~/sites/schmonz.com/snac/data/user/schmonz/public)
                                                  https://schmonz.com/snac/schmonz/p/1743383179.235112

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                                                    [?]Ángel »
                                                    @angel@triptico.com

                                                    Hace unos días puse en marcha este bot: @palabra@triptico.com . Saca la palabra del día de la página del Diccionario de la Lengua Española de la R.A.E. y la envía como un post público, una vez al día, por la mañana (zona horaria de España). También se puede acceder mediante RSS.

                                                    Con el software de ActivityPub que uso () es muy fácil montar cosas de estas.

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                                                      [?]FediMeteo »
                                                      @admin@fedimeteo.com

                                                      All the instances have been upgraded to 2.75


                                                        [?]Stefano Marinelli »
                                                        @stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                        The instance has been upgaded to 2.75

                                                        BSDCafeServices

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                                                          [?]The Real Grunfink »
                                                          @grunfink@comam.es

                                                          I'm glad to announce the release of version 2.75 of , the simple, minimalistic instance server written in C. It includes the following changes:

                                                          Added support for scheduled posts (for this to work correctly, users will have to set their time zone, see below).

                                                          The user can now select a working time zone. This will be used to correctly parse the local date and time of a scheduled post.

                                                          Fixed incorrect poll vote format, which was causing problems in platforms like GotoSocial.

                                                          Mastodon API: added support for /api/v1/instance/peers.

                                                          Added a new snac-admin helper script (contributed by shtrophic).

                                                          In the web UI, posts are separated by the <hr hidden> tag; it's invisible in graphical browsers, but it separates post clearly in text-based browsers.

                                                          Some Finnish, Spanish, Czech and Russian translation updates and fixes.

                                                          https://comam.es/what-is-snac

                                                          If you find useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.

                                                          This release has been inspired by the song Pictures on the Wall by .

                                                            [?]Stefano Marinelli »
                                                            @stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                            I've just noticed that all the instances aren't listed on FediDB anymore (all the FediMeteo ones, the snac BSD Cafe one, etc.)

                                                            @dansup - any problem with getting the snac statistics? I see there's an issue already opened: github.com/fedidb/issues/issue

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                                                              [?]Justine Smithies »
                                                              @justine@snac.smithies.me.uk

                                                              Just updated to the latest commit from git and I see there is now a scheduled posts feature. Very useful indeed. ;)

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