Every software project has a backlog of enhancement requests, unimplemented features. It may be explicitly tracked in a database, or perhaps just a sort of informal consensus among developers. Whether officially acknowledged or not, it exists.
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We’ve got the band back together and we’re ready to rock!
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There was a lot happening here. The summaries started getting really unwieldy. Just listing all the relevant names in some cases would stretch to several paragraphs. I’ve tried to streamline things a bit, but tons of great material has been cut out.
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gerc (good enough revision control) is a partial reimplementation of mercurial. Between got and bitbucket, it seems source control is back in the news. Here are some scattered notes about gerc and its development. It’s not complete or recommended for use, so don’t expect much.
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Two years ago, I read some books. It’s kind of hard to believe it’s been two years since then; I was sure it was only one year ago. Guess that means it’s time to try again. Reading five books seemed a little frantic at times, and two or three is probably a better pace for me, so this time I’ll be reading five books again.
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Times change and programs must change with them. Altering or removing functionality however risks breaking backwards compatibility. A few examples.
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If you’re looking to move beyond the silos of social media sites run by individual companies, you’re maybe looking for federation, which allows multiple sites to communicate and interoperate with each other. You post a photo on this site, your friends on another site can share it, your family on a third site can comment on it. Assuming that’s what you want.
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Some more notes about networking between federated ActivityPub servers. A brief overview covered a fairly typical exchange to transfer a post from one server to another. Here’s a few more details, how following works, and some more notes about addressing and delivery.
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So you have an ActivityPub actor and you want to say something. What are you going to post? Might I suggest a Note?
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