IanTwenty

@IanTwenty@piefed.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sync-in, a new alternative to Nextcloud⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  WebDAV only on mobile and via third-party apps

  https://sync-in.com/docs/user-guide/mobile_apps

  At the moment, Sync-in does not yet offer a dedicated mobile application.
  We know this is an important point for many users️ and we plan to address it thanks to community contributions and sponsorship.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What DDNS providers you guys recommend?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This might be obvious but it could be caching? Use a tool like dig to check if it’s really updated. Not had a problem with duckdns, works good.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's kind of funny how many late 90s games had at least one drum and bass track⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This is good read

  The Impact of Jungle Music in 90s Video Game Development

  https://pikuma.com/blog/jungle-music-video-game-drum-bass

  Jungle and many other genres of EDM were a perfect match for the fast-pace games that were developed in the 90s. Most of the titles using a jungle soundtrack were from the second half of the decade, although the trend continued all the way up through the mid 2000s.

  Consoles from this generation were also able to store and play CD-quality audio, which meant developers could really take advantage of the entire spectrum of frequencies and sounds that both jungle & drum’n’bass demanded.

  There’s a list of games at the end including Wipeout, Rage Racer, Gran Turismo, Bomberman, Sega Marine Fishing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Selfhosting with a seven year old⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Hedy is an open source programming language that is broken into levels for easy learning. As you progress the language gains more capabilities, so they are never overwhelmed with too much

  In contrast to block based languages like scratch its goal is to leave students ready to switch to Python by the end.

  Each level has small tasks to complete so you can tackle it piece by piece and get a sense of progression.

  https://hedy.org/

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Selfhosting with a seven year old⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That would be Snap!

  https://snap.berkeley.edu/

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Self-Host Weekly #149: A Few of My Favorite Things⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s become somewhat of a trend over the last several months for new projects to describe themselves as ‘modern’. Not only is this not a helpful descriptor (*What is ‘modern’? Is the design modern? The codebase?*), but a good portion of the time it’s simply not true.

  I keep seeing ‘blazing/blazingly fast’ everywhere too, with a rocket or such emoji

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Guarding My Git Forge Against AI Scrapers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Self-hosting anything that is deemed “content” openly on the web in 2025 is a battle of attrition between you and forces who are able to buy tens of thousands of proxies to ruin your service for data they can resell.

  This is depressing. Profoundly depressing.

  Sigh

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Keeping .yaml files up to date...⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is new:

  https://github.com/dkorecko/PatchPanda

  Self-hostable Docker Compose stack update manager.

  And

  when you choose to update, PatchPanda edits compose/.env files and runs docker compose pull and docker compose up -d for the target stack. You can also view live log.

  Discovered in the latest Self Host Weekly:

  https://selfh.st/weekly/2025-11-28/

  I have not tried it myself tho.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Home Assistant Connect ZBT-2 - A USB adapter that plugs into your Home Assistant system and opens up a world of smart device options⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The link seems to say Threads support is only available as an add-on and therefore not simple to use with containerised HASS. This would be true for any Threads antenna though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'It's Time for a Debate About Who Owns Our Media' Says Leader of the UK's Trade Union Movement⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  And while he highlighted some signs of unions reaching more people on platforms like TikTok, the union chief noted a stark fact: “Collectively, the trade union movement has fewer followers on X and Instagram than Nigel Farage on his own.”

  “We directly represent five and a half million people, so we’ve got to get much better at using those social media platforms and talking directly to members and potential members,” the TUC head added.

  Get on the Fedi!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bicyclists are celebrating a new segregated bike lane linking three cities in southern England⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Cyclists have hailed a new multi-million pound cycle route as a “gamechanger” as construction nears completion.

  The Gloucestershire Cycle Spine, a segregated cycle lane linking Gloucester, Cheltenham and Bishop’s Cleeve, has caused months of disruption but is now due to be finished in March 2026.

  A cycling campaign group has hailed the ambitious scheme, which in future could end stretching 26 miles (42km) and all the way to Stroud.

  Gloucestershire County Council said the scheme was already causing a boost to the number of people cycling.

  The £48m scheme has been criticised after roadworks caused disruption in both Gloucester and Cheltenham.