fedi server that literally just uses a mail server backend and message handling pipelines and static pages dropped into public_html

[djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology]

fedi server that literally just uses a mail server backend and message handling pipelines and static pages dropped into public_html

[atax1a@infosec.exchange]

@djsundog we thought about this once and looked at the AP spec and gave up

[trwnh@mastodon.social]

@djsundog this but unironically

[angelastella@social.treehouse.systems]

@atax1a @djsundog

Is it that cursed?

[atax1a@infosec.exchange]

@angelastella @djsundog the spec is actively nihilistically meaningless and everyone just kind of squints and eyeballs what mastodong is doing

[angelastella@social.treehouse.systems]

@atax1a @djsundog

The worst of both worlds, if I understand correctly what people say about everything that Mastodon does wrong.

[atax1a@infosec.exchange]

@angelastella @djsundog we feel like at some point post-rfc2822, people lost interest in designing protocols that had specifications, and moved to data models where you can just stuff arbitrary string properties on random crap and call it good, neglecting the part where you have to operate outside of your private little world