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• 26 February 2026 Indiekit

  Finally fixed it, now all your reactions against my posts will display your nice facepile/avatar on my interaction page and below each full post

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• Liked 26 February 2026

  The Work Isn't Finished, It's Abandoned: Thoughts on WIP Pages

  On executive dysfunction, the tyranny of perpetual drafts, and choosing messy immediacy over cultivated perfection.

  brennan.day

  

  https://brennan.day/the-work-isnt-finished-its-abandoned-thoughts-on-wip-pages/ Permalink
• 26 February 2026 Bluesky ActivityPub Fedify

  What if I could deploy my own Bluesky PDS and selfhost my Bluesky data in the same way I turned my Indiekit powered blog into an ActivityPub instance overnight with Fedify ?

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• 26 February 2026 Indiekit

  Deep dive into Indiekit + Eleventy + Fedify https://rmendes.net/articles/2026/02/25/deep-dive-inside-indiekit/

  #fedify #activitypub #indiekit

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• 26 February 2026 Design UI Blogging

  I wish I had more UI/UX skills… when I look at the design of a bunch of the blogs I follow via my Microsub reader I feel my blog is completely outdated in terms of design.

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• 26 February 2026 Indiekit Indieweb

  Really liking the flexibility I built into my indiekit + eleventy deployment where I can create content in different ways :

  • markdown files
  • micropub create post endpoint store data in MongoDB
  • static html serving like demo
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• Bookmarked 26 February 2026

  Techdirt Podcast Episode 445: The Vision For The Decentralized Internet

  Support us on Patreon » Late last year, Mike was a guest on Seb Agertoft’s Humans in the Loop podcast for a wide-ranging discussion all about restoring the prom…

  techdirt.com

  

  https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/25/techdirt-podcast-episode-445-the-vision-for-the-decentralized-internet/ Permalink
• Reposted 26 February 2026

  Hackers Expose The Massive Surveillance Stack Hiding Inside Your “Age Verification” Check

  We’ve been saying this for years now, and we’re going to keep saying it until the message finally sinks in: mandatory age verification creates massive, centrali…

  techdirt.com

  

  https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/25/hackers-expose-the-massive-surveillance-stack-hiding-inside-your-age-verification-check/ Permalink
• Bookmarked 26 February 2026 ReadLater

  The Slow Death of the Power User — fireborn

  fireborn.mataroa.blog

  https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/the-slow-death-of-the-power-user/

  To read later : The Slow Death of the Power User

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• 26 February 2026 Indieweb Fedify ActivityPub Indiekit

  I created this page to describe the Indiekit architecture powering this blog & AP server #fedify #indiekit #indieweb

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• Reposted 26 February 2026 Fedi ActivityPub

  FediForum | Growing the Open Social Web un-workshop 2026/03/02

  fediforum.org

  

  https://fediforum.org/2026-03-growing-open-social-web/submissions/

  Interesting read… #fediverse

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• Reposted 25 February 2026

  Hyper Coverage Of AOC’s ‘Um’ Non-Scandal Highlights How The U.S. Press Is Eager To Be Gamed By Bad Actors

  I’ve long written about how the U.S. establishment press no longer genuinely serves the public interest. Years of consolidation at the hands of (usually) rich,…

  techdirt.com

  

  https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/25/hyper-coverage-of-aocs-um-non-scandal-highlights-how-the-u-s-press-is-eager-to-be-gamed-by-bad-actors/ Permalink
• 25 February 2026 Blogging Eleventy

  One of the best hack I did to my Eleventy theme with Alpine is to store my session in the browser localStorage and then display to authed users a FAB, with contextual web actions on any part of the site :

  • create a new posts, bookmark, article etc…
  • edit the current post

  this allow me to search anything via the frontend to edit, it works on mobile or desktop and its a life-saver !

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• Reposted 25 February 2026

  Federated End-to-End Encrypted Messaging is Coming Soon

  One of the Social Web Foundation's initiatives for improving ActivityPub will soon be a reality for the network.

  wedistribute.org

  

  https://wedistribute.org/2026/02/fediverse-e2ee-coming/ Permalink
• Bookmarked 25 February 2026 Blogging RSS Markdown

  Looking for a clean & simple approach to self-host your blog ?

  Introducing Pure Comments (and Pure Commons) - Kev Quirk

  Today I'm launching Pure Comments and Pure Commons, an umbrella project for all things PURE.

  kevquirk.com

  

  https://kevquirk.com/introducing-pure-comments-and-pure-commons

  Check Kev Quirk blog post about Pure Commons

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• Liked 25 February 2026

  From discovery to collection to connection

  Turning your Spotify playlist into a record collection, and why that could be really disruptive Quick summary I’ve long wanted to make it easy to buy the music…

  dgen.net

  

  https://dgen.net/0/2026/02/25/discovery-collection-connection/ Permalink

• Inside Indiekit: How 30+ Plugins Turn a Node.js Server into a Federated Personal Web Platform

  25 February 2026 indieweb activitypub architecture selfhosting

  This post is a guided tour through the architecture of the system that powers this site. It’s built on Indiekit, an open-source Node.js IndieWeb server created by Paul Robert Lloyd. I forked it because I wanted to change fundamental aspects of how it...

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• Liked 25 February 2026 AI

  Good vibes, bad vendors

  AI coding works now. Here's how to think about it.

  werd.io

  

  https://werd.io/good-vibes-bad-vendors/

  AI isn’t going away, and AI-assisted software engineering is a permanent addition to the way we build software. But that’s not the same thing as saying that the way we use AI today won’t change.

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• Reposted 25 February 2026

  We Can't Have Nice Things (Unless We Fight for Them): Google is Planning on Locking Down Android

  I had planned on following up my most recent post on Feeding the Fire - Psychology, Engagement, and Algorithmic Media with a discussion of Network Effects. H...

  technically-good.ca

  

  https://technically-good.ca/blog/2026-02-we-cant-have-nice-things/ Permalink

• ActivityPub Federation Tests Fedify 2

  25 February 2026 Fedify Indiekit ActivityPub

  You can easily fork this repo, customize the tests to your usecase and then run the test suite. git clone git@github.com:rmdes/activitypub-tests.git ActivityPub / Fedify Compliance Report Field Value Target rmendes.net (@rick) Date 2026-02-25T10:03:4...

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