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• Shareable markdown directories

  The other day I was looking for lyrics to a song. I went to a lyrics website and was hit with a wall of ads, despite my pi-hole! I then went to another site that put me into a redirect loop. It got me thinking about privately self hosting a lyrics site. I started thinking that lyrics are just a type of simple static content, and what would be ideal is an application in which you can upload multiple directories of markdown files. Perhaps the directory should be in a standardised .mds (markdown sh...

• Introducing Habitat - A Social Platform for Local Communities

  cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/45160218 cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/45160073 I’ve been working on Habitat for the past two years. It all stemmed from this idea that I posted in April 2024. Habitat is a free open-source, self hosted social platform for local communities. It is aimed at fostering local community discussions and discovery of areas of interest. This is why it is built primarily around location. A Habitat instance centers on a specific area, and the local community...