I'm doing one final (hopefully!) account migration! @[email protected] will be my new home ​:catodon:​ Registration on the new server is not open yet - but will be very soon! I'll let you know =)

Catodon tomorrow ​:catodon:​

That's it, I've practically finished with the first release of Catodon, I want to go through a few details later today, then I'll start setting up a public server so that you can all see what I've been working on non-stop for the past couple of months. I'm extremely happy with the result and I […]

So, how would you like a fediverse server with integrated GIF search? #catodon #fediverse #soon

I said I wouldn't do an "official" server for Catodon, after I had to close catodon.social because the initial admin gave it up and I had no experience doing something like that. But now I'm dipping my toes, I'm already more or less maintaining our greek server, and I think I could handle it - […]

This has been my experience as well. Catodon will include several bug fixes on Sharkey, that we found during development. RE: https://techhub.social/users/Techmeme/statuses/116182670818245544

When the west says it wants to "bring democracy" to some country, this is what they mean. And this is what happens within western countries as well: "democracy" has become a euphemism for dominance of the elite.

Catodon development update: It's going well, I keep adding small improvements, some people are helping me with testing and bug reports, so I want to focus on smoothing things out before we hit the first stable. So the stable will not be out in the next few days - but it will be this month. I […]

How the BBC chose to report on the US and Israeli attack on the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, Iran: 1. It used “dead” instead of “killed,” softening the violence and removing agency. 2. It relied on passive construction, carefully avoiding naming […] [Original post on social.mitexleo.one]

Saying that "vibe coding" is not coding is kinda funny. Sure, actual coding gives you much more control and understanding. But people build things that automate procedures for their benefit, and it has always been like that - and actually, what we call coding now, is very much an example of […]

Sharkey/Misskey users: Would it make a real difference to you if you could only upload media files instead of any file to your Drive? I'm thinking of restricting it to media files (and only from https) for Catodon, for security reasons. I doubt any of the users in our 3+ years old Firefish […]

One of my favorite feelgood songs - just woke up with it on my mind =) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuWTcmjnEGY

-How much roundness do you want? -Yes #catodon

Mastodon.bd is up and running! It's the first Bangladesh focused instance on the Fediverse. Everyone is welcome! #bangladesh #fediverse #mastodon #asia #dhaka

Catodon ​:catodon:​ 26.03-beta.3 out! This was supposed to be a hotfix release, to fix bugs introduced in beta.2, but besides the bug fixes I squeezed in two more improvements. Especially the autocomplete thingie was something I wanted to do since Firefish - finally implemented! Released notes […]

It‘s about time China invades Washington to get rid of that lunatic in the White House. If you don‘t agree, you support the Trump regime. (from Frederik Blauwhof)

Catodon second beta released! 26.03-beta.2 I'm getting closer to a stable release, I think I will not add much more stuff for the first release - I'm already super happy with the changes so far. Release notes: - Further adjustments to the redesigned posting form, visibility is now next to […]

Would you like a notification dot on your browser tab, working out of the box, without needing workarounds from the admin? Soon ​:catodon:​ #catodon

Would you like to be able to switch your Home timeline from showing all the accounts you follow, to showing only mutual followers whenever you want? Soon =) #catodon

Let me show you something else that I think will be a small but cool detail in #Catodon: In Sharkey, you can set a "short name" for your server. So in Catodon I am also using this for the local timeline's name: Instead of a generic "Local", admins will have the […] [Original post on ibe.social]

Now that the beta is out, I can start showing some of the changes I'm making! Let's start with the redesigned posting form, where I finally got to implement a design that I had first drafted back in Firefish (or was it Calckey?). At the top is the current Sharkey […] [Original post on ibe.social]

**Catodon 26.03-beta.1!** It's close to 7am in Athens as I'm typing this - around 10 hours ago I decided that I would get this out "tonight", I faced more issues than I expected, but early morning of the next day is still good enough, right? Not sure what to say - I'm exhausted but also really […]

Getting ready to release Catodon's first beta later tonight! Beyond excited =)

Yay! My test server was built with no errors, I am making sure everything works as intended, then a few final changes and the first beta of #catodon should be ready! Possibly tomorrow =) RE: https://dev.electricrequiem.com/notes/aj1kk5akvfxq000f

Sharkey surely talks a lot 😅 - I have been going through the localization strings for terminology changes all day and I'm not even halfway there! Over 3100 strings in the english locale file, and that's _after_ removing more than 200 strings from features I will not be using or by cleaning up […]

#catodon development update: Did the first test on an actual server, migrating from Sharkey to Catodon, and it all went smoothly. So it seems that I probably haven't broken anything - and I have applied most of the changes I want to make. I am hoping to have a first beta ready in around a week […]

#catodon development update: Deep removal of features via LLM broke too much stuff (not a surprise). I am taking a step back and applying only frontend/UX changes. Deep removal -if done properly- would have lightened the codebase significantly, but at least for now the Sharkey engine will remain […]

Yesteday I said #catodon is returning, and I'd like to say a few more things. Let me get this out of the way: I am building it with LLMs. To a big extent I don't know what I'm doing, and I am very aware of that. This will be an experiment. If any of this outrages you, please move on, this […]

It's no longer #caturday but still a good day to drop a #catodon teaser ​:blobcatsunglasses:​