> walk a developer through building a rough clone of Mastadon There are already full featured clones that federate. Pleroma and Pixelfed for starters. There ar

> walk a developer through building a rough clone of Mastadon There are already full featured clones that federate. Pleroma and Pixelfed for starters. There are also multiple alternative frontends for both Mastodon and Pleroma. Granted none of those are walkthroughs but they do provide full featured examples in multiple languages.