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Tracking Your Mastodon Follower/Following Changes with Python

Posted on August 17, 2023 | 7 minutes | 1327 words | Stefano Marinelli

While following/followers numbers might not be of critical importance, especially in the fediverse, understanding the dynamics behind them can be intriguing. And that’s precisely what motivated the creation of the program we’re about to discuss. [Read More]

Boosting Network Performance in FreeBSD's VNET Jails

Posted on August 14, 2023 | 2 minutes | 291 words | Stefano Marinelli

In the recently created FreeBSD VPS, the network performance of vnet-enabled jails was significantly lower compared to that of traditional jails. Upon investigation, it appears that there is an issue related to Virtio drivers. [Read More]

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Deploying a piece of the Fediverse

Posted on January 15, 2023 | 15 minutes | 3098 words | Stefano Marinelli

The Fediverse is composed by thousands of servers (instances). I’ve started to explore the different software solutions. Here’s what I’ve found out. [Read More]

Installing Mastodon inside a FreeBSD jail

Posted on November 23, 2022 | 4 minutes | 765 words | Stefano Marinelli

This time I decided to install Mastodon on a FreeBSD jail, managed by BastilleBSD. I’ll describe a simple, one jail installation, with the related rc files. [Read More]

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