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• Post #4496866

  Another step closer to release! The official website is now live at https://littlefedi.org/ with documentation and project details. Take a look and let me know what you think! #littleFedi #Fediverse

• Post #4492920

  There is a person I've been helping for a while who runs two instances, one #GoToSocial and one #snac. Yesterday, they suffered severe file system corruption on their device, and I lent them a hand with the recovery. For GoToSocial, they restored the DB from the previous backup and got it running again. For snac, although a few files were lost, no action was necessary... it just started back up and did what it had to do, bringing the instance back to full operation. This goes to show that...

• Post #4492879

  One year ago, today... #Memories #Food #Breakfast #GoodTimes

• Post #4492383

  obsd01# syspatch Get/Verify syspatch79-008_npppd.tgz 100% |**************************************************************************************************************************************************| 128 KB 00:00 Installing patch 008_npppd Get/Verify syspatch79-009_iked.tgz 100% |***************************************************************************************************************************************************| 216 KB 00:00 Installing patch 009_iked Errata can be...

• Post #4447566

  Running your own mail server with OpenBSD and OpenSMTPD - a great and complete blog post by @mboelen@mastodon.social https://bsd-audit.com/self-hosting/running-your-own-mailserver/ #OpenBSD #SMTP #MailServer #OwnYourData

• Post #4445073

  With Apple phasing out AFP in macOS 27 and Time Capsules officially reaching end-of-life, it's time to move network backups to proper SMB. If you run a FreeBSD server, you can build a fast, rock-solid, and secure Time Machine target powered by ZFS and Samba - neatly isolated inside a FreeBSD jail using Bastille. https://it-notes.dragas.net/2026/01/28/time-machine-freebsd-jail/ Keep your macOS backups running smoothly via SMBv3 (with full vfs_fruit support) and full dataset quota control o...

• Post #4443409

  Make Your Own Internet Presence with NetBSD and a 1 euro VPS - Part 1: Your Blog https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/04/22/make-your-own-internet-presence-with-netbsd-and-a-1-euro-vps-part-1-your-blog/ #ITNotes #NetBSD #RUNBSD #BSSG #OwnYourData

• Post #4376932

  RE: https://mastodon.social/@Edent/117037401763972219 Well done, and I totally agree. Sometimes things can be improved by doing something instead of just complaining.

• Post #4324475

  "Hold my Anisetta" #Photography #Photo #Pic #Picture #Bar #Liberty #LibertyStyle

• Post #4235936

  Three years ago, today #Photography #Photo #ThrowbackThursday

• Post #4171679

  RE: https://rpi0w.stefanomarinelli.it/@stefano/6e542287-1d97-49a1-8b3d-1801854aa8a4 Honestly, I’m really excited about this! #littleFedi #littleMesh #Fediverse #OwnYourData

• Post #4167091

  @jan@social.eden.one @mat3@chaos.social they didn't cancel it because we have also backups, monitorings, etc. - and they can't replace them with the AIs. But I'm more and more convinced I'm going to interrupt this contract ASAP. When trust is gone, I stop being comfortable.

• Post #4160869

  A Jump in My Chair Thunder, a jump in my chair, pasta on my trousers. I smile. Sixteen years ago, on a riverbank, the same sound meant something else entirely. https://my-notes.dragas.net/2026/07/27/a-jump-in-my-chair/ #MyNotes #Blogging #Memories

• Post #4160678

  A few months ago, a client asked me to shave about €200 a month off our agreement. "We’re trying to cut back on expenses", he said, "to boost our cash flow." I was hesitant, but hey, I agreed. Fast forward to this morning: one of his team members calls me asking for help because - and I quote - "both Claude and ChatGPT are giving me answers that just don't feel right." I asked for a little context, only to find out they had upgraded to the top-tier plans for...

• Post #4144236

  I'm writing this post in the exact same place, on the very same computer I used when I launched BSD Cafe. It might not mean much to most of you, but it means a lot to me.

• Post #4130521

  Curious: the BBC says Italian children are overweight because of pizza, pasta, and bread. Too bad Italian kids only started becoming overweight in the last 20 years - right around the time fast food and sugar-sweetened beverage addiction took off here too, and they stopped having bread with olive oil for an afternoon snack, weekend pizza, and pasta for lunch, replacing them with succulent menus of processed food. The things people will say just to justify the unjustifiable, huh! #Food

• Post #4119269

  I just listened to the latest episode of the BSDNow podcast - Thank you @rubenerd@bsd.network - you always have such kind words for me! #BSDNow #RunBSD

• Post #4094839

  Today’s weekend pizza #Pizza

• Post #4083911

  The Blog Option in littleFedi ...and yes, this is build and served by the Raspberry Pi Zero W, powered by NetBSD https://rpi0w.stefanomarinelli.it/@stefano/blog/691cb62e-e7a1-434b-ba65-d059ee58ac41/ #NetBSD #littleFedi #Fediverse #SSG #Blogging #OwnYourData

• Post #4073408

  It seems I can hear a lot of repeaters and users, but nobody can hear me 😔 #Meshcore

• Post #4033782

  And that faint, unavoidable numbness, that urge to do nothing at all...

• Post #4012524

  The feud is finally over. And it's honestly hilarious. Recap: Last week, a client forwarded me a request from the CRM company's support to verify the presence and content of a file in a specific directory. I SSH'd in, ran ls, pwd, and cat on the file, then copied and pasted the output. That kicked off a back-and-forth demands for "screenshots." The more I explained (through the client) that all the raw text was right there, the more this guy kept demanding a screenshot...

• Post #3985101

  A thunderclap was so loud and unexpected that I dropped my pasta onto my pants, staining them with ragù. #ItalianProblems

• Post #3956397

  Today is a special day! It is the BSD Cafe's birthday! Exactly three years ago today, I was rather timidly announcing this project to the world. It was an idea that had already been in my mind for some time, but had not yet become reality. Three years later, I am proud to say that the BSD Cafe is sailing at full speed towards the uncertain horizons of the modern world. We are here to talk about BSD, Open Source, projects, conferences, freedom, pizza and tiramisu, but above all about passi...

• Post #3937324

  I think I need a better antenna. And enclosure, I guess #Meshcore

• Post #3933149

  Let the fun begin… “Is there anybody out there?” #Meshcore

• Post #3932072

  sys-upgrading... #OpenBSD

• Post #3885353

  It's 22:53 At 22:53, I move through space and time, between my home, my memories and the people I love. Then, at 22:55, I return. Here, now. https://my-notes.dragas.net/2026/07/16/its-2253/ #MyNotes #Blogging #Memories #TimeTravel

• Post #3879633

  There's a thin but deep line between tech enthusiasts and tech grifters. When new tech drops, enthusiasts ask: "How can this improve my workflow? How can it make what we do better?" Grifters immediately ask: "How can I exploit this to make a quick buck?" Making money from technology is normal and right. Brutally exploiting it is not. When ChatGPT 3 launched - the first barely working LLM - my first thought was to understand if and how it could improve our lives. The gri...

• Post #3857687

  On 10 March 2021, I had only just fallen asleep when my phone started buzzing. Then another notification, and another. In a matter of minutes, 142 of my servers went up in the clouds. And not the cloud-computing kind. Most of them were physically going up in a column of smoke in Strasbourg. My wife looked at me and asked if I wanted a coffee. I nodded. It was going to be a very long day. At EuroBSDCon 2026, I won't be giving a theoretical lecture on high availability. Instead, I’m going...