jrollans.com is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.

This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.

Site description
These are the voyag... uh, things I post about.
Admin email
jrollans@gmail.com
Admin account
@jrollans@jrollans.com

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[?]FediMeteo » 🌐
@admin@fedimeteo.com

All the instances have been updated to 2.92


    [?]Oliver ⚡ » 🌐
    @oliver@microhive.me

    I've just updated my instance to stable version 2.92 👍 🎉
    You don't know Snac? But you should: https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2
    A simple, minimalistic and well documented instance server written in C, no database needed, totally JavaScript-free, no cookies either, not much bullshit.
    A lot of tweaks and new admin configs, woohoo!👍
    From release notes: "Accounts that follow you are now marked with a thumb-up emoji, because followers are adorable people." 👍♥️
    and "Minor tweak to webfinger code to handle Hubzilla's peculiarities." Many thanks for this, because I'm also on Hubzilla. 🎉


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      [?]Stefano Marinelli » 🌐
      @stefano@mastodon.illumos.cafe

      The instance has been updated to 2.92

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        [?]BSD Cafe Announcements » 🌐
        @announcements@mastodon.bsd.cafe

        The instance has been updated to 2.92

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          [?]The Real Grunfink » 🌐
          @grunfink@comam.es

          I've just published version 2.92 of , the simple, minimalistic instance server written in C. It includes the following changes:

          Changed default: for newly created instances, disable_inbox_collection is set to true (see snac(8) for more information). The reason is because it seems to be used for harrasing people.

          Changed default: for newly created instances, disable_history is set to true (see snac(8) for more information). The reason is because archived history files don't reflect reality after posts are deleted or modified (they always have been an ugly kludge).

          Changed default: in previous versions, posts with a scope of unlisted were shown in public pages and RSS feeds. Now, they are no longer shown. If you want to get back to previous behaviour, use a new toggle in the User Settings section (see snac(1) for more information).

          New admin configuration option: if the purge_static value is set to true in server.json, each user's static directory is explored and those files there that are no longer attached to any post or referenced anywhere are deleted. See snac(8) for more information about those cases where you may not want to enable this option.

          Allow serving files from subdirectories of the static/ subdirectory (contributed by la_ninpre).

          Minor tweak to webfinger code to handle Hubzilla's peculiarities.

          Fixed a search case where URLs to GotoSocial statuses were misidentified as accounts.

          Accounts that follow you are now marked with a thumb-up emoji, because followers are adorable people.

          Fixed some account export errors.

          Fixed an incorrect hash in post links.

          Show an account's location link in the people page, if they have one.

          Mastodon API: Fixed hashtags loosing the link after editing a post, minor tweak in access token processing (contributed by trondd555).

          Drop usage of PATH_MAX (contributed by sergiodj).

          New Polish translation (contributed by kpm).

          Updated German and Czech translations (contributed by zen and pmjv).

          https://comam.es/what-is-snac

          If you find useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.


            [?]steve mookie kong » 🌐
            @mookie@weredreaming.com

            After three months and 1.6k posts later on snac, I'm super happy. Main things that I like about running snac for my Fediverse presence:

            Like on resources. I can run this on a potato if I want and it would still run great (I'm not, but I could*.)

            • Backups are easy. Tar up the directory. Done.
            • Migrations are easy. Install nginx, build snac, untag backup. Done.
            • Quirky web interface. It takes a little to get used to it, but it is very functional and it's got character. I thought I would use Phanpy with it more, but I'm not. I enjoy the snac web interface.
            • Works (mostly) with Mastodon clients.
            • No crazy caching of photos, avatars and other media. This is a really big deal because my disk usage is so much lower than when I ran Mastodon.
            • No database. NO DATABASE. So good.
            • Fast. snac is really fast doing everything. It's nice.
            • @grunfink@comam.es is awesome. Friendly and responsive.

              [?]Ethan Black » 🌐
              @golemwire@social.golemwire.com

              OK, so I'm checking out the features of Snac.

              Looks like it has basic Markdown -> HTML converting. Neat.

              That

              works

              for

              me.



              It also allows a subset of straight HTML.

              • (I'm not gonna show it all)


              It converts some text like 🙂into emoji, which I don't like, though. Leave my alone ;)

              And of course, no post or poll length limit :)


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                [?]The Real Grunfink » 🌐
                @grunfink@comam.es

                Also I think it would be even cooler if it was a CGI binary
                is not a native CGI program, but it supports FastCGI. With a bit of work, it can be set up to behave as pure CGI. More information:

                https://encrypted.tesio.it/2024/12/18/how-to-run-your-own-social-network.html

                CC: @nick@treffen.geekyschmidt.com

                  [?]The Real Grunfink » 🌐
                  @grunfink@comam.es

                  Because snac2 is a standalone daemon and does not natively speak FastCGI
                  This is incorrect; does speak FastCGI natively. You can set it up on OpenBSD without the need of relayd.

                  See the snac(8) manpage for more information.

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                    [?]R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: :FreeBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou: [he/him/my good fellow] » 🌐
                    @rl_dane@polymaths.social

                    I sincerely love you weirdos. <3

                    #Fediverse #Mastodon #GoToSocial #snac #snac2 #honk #meme #AVIF

                    A combination of two "X all the Ys!" memes with a "Pawn Stars best we can do" meme in the middle:
"X all the Y" guy:
I want an amazing community of noble-minded people to study ethics with and change the world!!

Pawn Stars with the faces of the fediverse logo, the mastodon logo, and the logos for snac2 GoToSocial, and Honk in the background:
Best we can do is a bunch of cool weirdos with similar nerdy interests

"X all the Y" guy's reply:
I'll take it!!!

                    Alt...A combination of two "X all the Ys!" memes with a "Pawn Stars best we can do" meme in the middle: "X all the Y" guy: I want an amazing community of noble-minded people to study ethics with and change the world!! Pawn Stars with the faces of the fediverse logo, the mastodon logo, and the logos for snac2 GoToSocial, and Honk in the background: Best we can do is a bunch of cool weirdos with similar nerdy interests "X all the Y" guy's reply: I'll take it!!!

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                      [?]The Real Grunfink » 🌐
                      @grunfink@comam.es

                      I'm glad to announce the release of version 2.78 of , the simple, minimalistic instance server written in C. It includes the following changes:

                      Hashtag following also allow URLs to RSS feeds of ActivityPub objects (like e.g. https://mastodon.social/tags/ThankYouTuesday).

                      Users can now configure a webhook to receive an HTTP POST for every notification. This can be useful for implementing bots that react to activities, like autorepliers, chatbots or interactive textual games (see snac(1) for more information).

                      The number of pending follow confirmations is shown next to the "people" link.

                      Faster performance metrics (contributed by dandelions).

                      Improved lowercasing in hashtags (contributed by postscriptum).

                      A search-by-url tweak for implementations that return 200 for invalid webfinger queries (e.g. piefed).

                      Mastodon API: added follow confirmation endpoints, fixed collisions in attachment file names.

                      Fixed potential crashes in attachment uploads.

                      https://comam.es/what-is-snac

                      If you find useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.


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                        [?]The Real Grunfink » 🌐
                        @grunfink@comam.es

                        I'm glad to announce the release of version 2.70 of , the simple, minimalistic instance server written in C. It includes the following changes:

                        Notifications are now shown in a more compact way (i.e. all reactions are shown just above your post, instead of repeating the post ad nauseam for every reaction).

                        New command-line option unmute to, well, no-longer-mute an actor.

                        The private timeline now includes an approximate mark between new posts and "already seen" ones.

                        Fixed a spurious 404 error in the instance root URL for some configurations.

                        https://comam.es/what-is-snac

                        If you find useful, please consider contributing via LiberaPay: https://liberapay.com/grunfink/

                        This release has been inspired by the song The Answers to the Questions by and .

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                          [?]The Real Grunfink » 🌐
                          @grunfink@comam.es

                          Sysadmin extraordinaire Stefano Marinelli (@stefano@bsd.cafe) has written this great, concise article on how to tune to improve performance while serving media like images or videos.

                          https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/01/29/improving-snac-performance-with-nginx-proxy-cache/