Mauve 👁💜 @mauve@mastodon.mauve.moe

This is the first genuinely operational littleFedi instance.

It has been online since 1st July, is single-user (just me), and runs on a Raspberry Pi Zero W powered by NetBSD, directly on its SD card.

It consumes just under 1W.

Its database is this size:

-rw------- 1 little wheel 109289472 Aug 26 15:14 littlefedi.db

That is, just a little over 100 MB. Yes, MB.

Its average CPU load is extremely low.

It is perfectly usable both from the web interface and from Mastodon API apps.

I have 179 followers and 169 followings, and it doesn't bat an eye.

I promise myself to use it more, and I will.

You don't need Big Tech to communicate with others.

You don't need an expensive data center to exist online.

Because we are people, and the bits are just extensions of our voice.

EDIT: littleFedi allows to transform posts into blog posts, having its own SSG (Static Site Generator). The one generated by this post is reachable by clicking here.

#littleFedi #Fediverse #OwnYourData

"Large/long-scale industry studies [of LLM use for programming] show a clear trend – output is up (more code, more commits, bigger diffs), but outcomes don’t reflect that trend. If anything, the average team is taking longer to ship worse software. If ever we needed proof that software development isn’t a production process."

https://codemanship.wordpress.com/2026/08/12/ai-software-development-what-does-the-data-say/

@argv_minus_one @murdoc @renardboy @KatyElphinstone my "party trick " back in the early 90's and while a sysop of a home BBS system was I could whistle the handshake of a 9600 band modem XD

They'd phone up, I'd answer get their handshake, I'd respond then they'd start transmission and I'd put the phone down XD

Yep, I'm about to be that person again. Please remember to put alt text on your audio as well as your images. Deaf people matter, too. "A silly song" or "game sounds" is not helpful, the same way "a cute bird" or "a funny meme with a cat" aren't helpful as image alt texts. Blind or sighted, please do this. I'm not even someone who really needs audio alt texts and I'm still sad when I see missing or unhelpful alt text. It doesn't have to be some elaborate thing, you don't have to be a perfect writer or capture every minute detail, just describe what you're hearing. I always liked the thing of "describe it like you're talking to a friend who can't access it," and I think that's applicable here just as much as it is to images. And no, it is not just deaf people who benefit from audio alt texts.

Gentle reminder, when someone is sharing some small piece of resistance they have done, DO NOT SHIT ON IT. Do not tell them it isn't enough or it's still bad because blah blah other stuff...

Everyone is tired and overwhelmed and trying to find some accessible way they can push back. Cheer that!

Celebrate the small; celebrate the imperfect.

No single action is gonna solve everything, but a whole bunch of small actions start the sea change.

Don't punch down when we all need lifting up.

RE: https://social.coop/@dweb/117130162282697261

I'm back to hosting the monthly DWeb Virtual meetups. Looking forward to this speaker lineup!