Notices by Maho Pacheco 🦝🍻 (mapache@hachyderm.io)

Are we in denial? Like how would you have faith in a judge appointed bu Trump that delayed on purpose a case just to later dismiss it, in the Supreme Court after all Alito Thomas thing, in the House of Representatives after the inaction/dumb-impeachments/hypocrisy.

The only institution that kind of still funcion is the Senators. Yes, this is how democracy ends.

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Part 6 of "A Guide to Implementing ActivityPub in a Static Site (or Any Website)" is now out.

Sorry about the delay, this is the part that not many people will like, I assume. I try to explain how to implement the inbox, which by nature is dynamic non-static.

Full article here:
https://maho.dev/2024/04/a-guide-to-implementing-activitypub-in-a-static-site-or-any-website-part-6/

If you like it don't forget to follow the @blog !

#fediverse #activitypub #staticsites #hugo #azure #mastodon #webdevelopment #socialweb #webfinger #http #dotnet

@thomasfuchs I mean fwiw it did not start just one day but over multiple events ...

@evan House market search. Rent or buy. Zillow.

@tchambers when coding activitypub for my site I learned that the actor (webfinger+actor+pub/priv keys) can be in a different domain than the inbox endpoint.

Portability of actor is as today technically posible then, you need to own a domain and be completely disconnected to where the inbox (which handles follows, replies, etc.) is hosted, in theory decentralized. The posts already live federated.

A new project for the #fediverse using #activitypub, this is the deal, in case someone wants to help me, or collab in this adventure. Coding skills required but you do not need to be an expert.

Boost for reach.

I volunteer with a non-profit, and there are a few events where they issue digital badges, for now they are just images. Now, they are looking to do it more formally so we looked for commercial alternatives, like Credly, but they are vey cost prohibitive.

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How digital badges work is usually:

- there is a url/webpage in the verifier site to "certify" the badge is valid with timestamp, issuer, person who obtain the badge, the image and a "fingerprint".
- this url can be copied pasted and shared in social networks like LinkedIn profiles, and usually features the badge image as a card.
- * the user gets and email, the image and the fingerprint, which is usually signed with private key/public key methods.

Now, this is where #activitypub enters: a decentralized digital badge system on top of the #fediverse.

I though about an AP server that have actors, and each actor is a badge type (e.g. mentor, hackathon participant, volunteer of the month, etc.).Each actor will use activity types, for example to Create an object. The object is the Document type.AP already have a public/private key design, so the activities will be digital signed and we can show the signature and generate the fingerprint.

... and I can go on with implementations detail, but this is the deal: there is already work.

OpenBadges (https://openbadges.org/ ) is the spec. ActivityBadges is the #activitypub spec version (https://activitybadges.org/). There is a Poc in #nodejs using #activitypods.

I want to take it to the next level, and make it a fully functional system for the non-profit.

If you are interested in collab, reach out.

@lars @thomasfuchs @Migueldeicaza hacker news is the new slashdot, is not?

@thomasfuchs @Migueldeicaza TIL people still know what Slashdot is

You know what is not so bad about the #threads federating? That I would be able to follow official accounts of goverment/institutions/companies.

Still not as good as they having their own instance, but much better than following #twitter bot mirrors.

One of my favorite 10 minutes interactions in the @fediforum , was the one with @n00q regarding how he was able to have a working fediverse instance for his friends IRL.

The learning lessons there made me believe there is room for communities-driven instances for home-brewing, HOAs, universities, hobbyists, etc. I know some of these exists, but the kind of guerrilla marketing used in the n00q one was interesting.

I even believe there is a business model to pursue there.

#fediforum #fediverse

If you missed, the #threads demo in the @fediforum by @pcottle

https://youtu.be/XGEVy-CjBBg?si=NnxrVjqBF_Zhvtun

#Fediforum is live! @fediforum and the first demo by @julian is also live! #fediverse #activitypub

@fediforum @julian The second demo is about @elk by @daniel and it is beautiful!

#fediverse #fediforum

I need to drop my kid to the school but the next one is an interesting one, @nootti an app to post to #bluesky, #mastodon and #nostr by Petri #fediverse #fediforum, a simple alternative to buffer

The part 4 for implementing ActivityPub for an "almost static site" has been slow, mainly because involves code and a tool that was on prototype.

But the first version of the "Rss2Outbox" cli is out there, will take a couple of days to document and be ready for prime time, but throwing it in case someone wants to take an early look.

https://github.com/mahomedalid/almost-static-activitypub/tree/main/src/Rss2Outbox

Previous parts: https://maho.dev/2024/02/a-guide-to-implement-activitypub-in-a-static-site-or-any-website/
#dotnet
#activitypub #opensource

Part 3 of "A Guide to Implementing ActivityPub in a Static Site (or Any Website)" is just out the oven!

In this blog post, I explain how to make your blog discoverable in the Fediverse as an account, and also address some of the annoying pitfalls I encountered.

Full article here: https://maho.dev/2024/02/a-guide-to-implementing-activitypub-in-a-static-site-or-any-website-part-3/

If you like it don't forget to follow the @blog !

#fediverse #activitypub #static-sites #hugo #azure #mastodon #web-development #social-web #webfinger #http