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centralization always leads to the same destination. that’s why I built #ktistec and why it only supports one user*

*okay, soon to support a small number of users, but the point still stands

RSS feeds are in the works...

#ktistec #fediverse

Yesterday, I implemented #CSS rules in my "purpleish theme" within my #ktistec tweaks that change the display of posts in card style, similar to other social media. Also adds some very subtle shadow, which gives it a very slight 3D effect. This looks a lot more modern now, I think: https://src.jayvii.de/pub/ktistec-tweaks/commit/136cc0629bd23df71cc4969e23e6c252f847a9c6.html

Image description: Screenshot of a heavily styled ktistec instance, displaying a thread with three replies to some post. All posts appear within a dark grey card object with round corners. The reply cars are slightly indented and have a light gray border on the left side.

Trying to mass-delete older posts and shares on my #ktistec instance without prior backup turned out to be a bad idea

The docker container running on my tiny 1 vCPU, 1GB RAM VPS suddently started crashing and restarting every few seconds.

Turns out, ktistec is doing some(?) tasks in the background now, hogging the CPU and loads of RAM, which eventually leads to crashing the container. Creating a swapfile stabilized the situation until the cleanup(?) tasks are done. We will see whenever it finishes.

Remember: never start fiddling without doing prior backups...

I am actually really happy about how my mobile-tweaks for #ktistec turned out. There was a lot of #CSS hacking involved, but I am pretty happy with the results :)

Here's a little video of how it looks:

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And I am back online! Looks like the move went fine. All posts and data is still here, federations appears to work as well. Neat! #ktistec

Alright, I booked a new #VPS at another host. Waiting for the initial setup, then I start transferring the first few sites, starting with #ktistec (let's see how easy a server migration is for an activitypub server :D). I'll be gone from here for a while (at least until DNS updates...)

My #ktistec tweaks repository (https://src.jayvii.de/pub/ktistec-tweaks/index.html) now also includes adjustments for small screens (for example, if you use ktistec on your smart-phone), such as pagination buttons that are easier to hit with your thumbs or an iconified navigation bar at the top, so it actually fits the screen. It's using the very nice feather icons!

Image description: Screenshot of the settings-page of my ktistec-instance viewed from a smartphone. The top navigation bar has icons rather than labels, such that it fits the small screen.

Also added a docker-compose file for (even) easier deployment of #ktistec, as well as some notes on #backup management. The #CSS has also been improved in the meantime. I added deployment-notes for those too!

https://src.jayvii.de/pub/ktistec-tweaks

Started working on some tiny #ktistec end-user hacks: https://src.jayvii.de/pub/ktistec-tweaks

For now only a user #CSS theme i dupped "purple-ish": https://src.jayvii.de/pub/ktistec-tweaks/file/css/purpleish.css.html

Maybe more to come in the future. Or not, we'll see :)