Testing! Can anyone read this?

kinda weird constructing the serialization/deserialization for #activityPub types in #rust because it does mean I'm doing a lot of curl requests against my own server (and those of other people) to see what the raw data looks like in the wild

aaaaaand I'm very glad I took the "everything can be there, nothing has to be there" seriously because yeah.

I spent most of the last week looking for a job so today is the first day I've programmed all week. While I don't yet have all the basic data types finished (lots of todo stubs) I'm slowly getting things there and the way I've setup the From/To methods+workflow and hacked in inheritance is going to work just fine.

I really need to work on the OrderedCollections next because that's quite critical for the inbox and outbox and such.

#techPosting

I think I would like to apply to this: https://asml.cyber.harvard.edu/asml-fellowship-program/

Because I think the project I'm working on is an excellent fit for the third and fourth focus areas (personalized safety and interoperable software infrastructure, respectively). Because two things (edit: FOUR! Four things. ah ah ah) I want:
1. User-by-user opt-in federation + user-by-user authorized viewings only.
2. 'Mixed' privacy mode: posts that are available for all, posts that are available for some, posts that are only available to people who were granted access at the time, etc.
3. Easy import/export from Mastodon, Misskey, and Wordpress, as well as CLI tools to dump out data/posts into AP JSON-LD. I'd also eventually like it to work with other stuff, such as Twitter archives, etc.
4. Not really directly relevant but I would like the things I write to serve as a springboard for other distributed projects.

I'll have to write up a two page project proposal, though. It's been a hot minute since I wrote up something like this, though. Also? My last application was for a grant/fellowship was unsuccessful... even though I later learned that my advisor mentioned the project off-handedly to someone who had been involved in that grant process, and they were like "whoa! that's exactly the kind of thing we want to fund! you should have applied!". So I don't think I'll be dusting off that PDF as a starting point...

Anyone have any hot tips for independently applying to a grant/fellowship program without the help of an advisor?

#activityPub #socialMedia #socialMediaGrants #grantWriting