CactusBlue

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We cut costs by 70% by moving from GCP and CockroachDB to Hetzner and PostgreSQL(blog.mikoto.io)
43 points by CactusBlue 2y ago|69 comments
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by CactusBlue 3y ago
our main differentiating factor is that we allow for higher amounts of multi-modal communication through an extensible channel system; we have a built-in wiki already, you can add additional "channel types" by writing extensions.
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by CactusBlue 3y ago
> I don't even know what it does We build real-time extensible messaging platforms. I apologize that I haven't described it too much in this post; mostly meant it for my twitter audience who already have heard of it before, but
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by CactusBlue 3y ago
I understand much of the concerns for what you're saying here, and I do understand that there are obviously some people who might be turned off by the branding. That is okay; we don't need to reach out to everyone yet, we do not w
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by CactusBlue 3y ago
a button to join a "demo space" has been requested often - this is the highest priority now, and I'm working on it; sorry if you've been having a hard time joining!
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by CactusBlue 3y ago
We don't take ourselves too seriously, and we probably won't for a while. I'm still the sole developer on the project (outside of few code contributions here and there). We are fully self-funded at the moment, and we have no
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by CactusBlue 3y ago
Yep :)
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by CactusBlue 3y ago
Spent some time reading through matrix specification; my opinion is that it's overkill in some ways and under-delivers in some parts of its specs for my usecase, enough to justify writing a whole new protocol from scratch With that bei
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by CactusBlue 3y ago
I've originally started developing Mikoto as a Discord extension, but pivoted when I realized that it was against their TOS + there's only much you can do if you only have a partial control over the stack. We're open source,
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by CactusBlue 3y ago
sorry there's a lot of placeholder; it's still in active development with myself as only "main" dev. https://alpha.mikoto.io/invite/WtvbKS7mrLSd there's also this: also sorry for your link; it
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by CactusBlue 3y ago
No, and there are many ways we diverge: - Mikoto builds on real-time, push-based messaging. We felt that for a social plaform that defines the next generation, having it update real-time is necessary. - Mikoto builds on the assumption that
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by CactusBlue 3y ago
Spaces are similar to Discord "Servers" or Slack "Workspaces" (but more extensible through the Space owner by extensions); you can be part of multiple spaces at once. There is minimal algorithm on the main feed, apart fr
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by CactusBlue 3y ago
Dev here. We're aware of this, and "creating a separate space" is probably necessary - our featuresets are designed to give anyone the power to run their own Space. All in all, I think the bigger influence is who's alrea
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Our Super-Secret Plan to Bring the Internet Back (Part 1)(blog.mikoto.io)
42 points by CactusBlue 3y ago|33 comments
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by CactusBlue 3y ago
I'm a programmer with 3 years of experience. Location: Australia Remote: Preferred Willing to relocate: Yes, given visa sponsorship Technologies: Machine learning with Python (Tensorflow/Pytorch) TypeScript (NodeJS/React), Ru
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by CactusBlue 3y ago
It exists, and it's called the DNT header. It was deprecated because ironically, it was used for user fingerprinting.
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by CactusBlue 4y ago
You can use IPFS without any blockchain, Filecoin just incentivizes users to host the files
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by CactusBlue 4y ago
I mean, file formats like VRM are a thing, which allows sharing avatars across many games.
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Copycats are usually subtle. But Eco has one that isn't.(twitter.com)
8 points by CactusBlue 4y ago|1 comments
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by CactusBlue 5y ago
In Adelaide, experiencing the outage as well.