> a small fediverse instance with a single user is likely completely doable with a co-lo raspberry pi!
You buried the lede:)
That's great to know. Maybe not worth it to cloud host. Are there any issues to worry about with having downtime of my own node, other than my own ability to post and read? I haven't read enough about ActivityPub to understand the impacts of a server being down on the protocol.
yes, i realized after i typed up my complaints about fedi admins that i did the same thing.
Mastodon is php, and as such it requires php-level stuff. Misskey is nodejs (i think) and python, so it depends on if you're used to wordpress-y stuff or not. I prefer misskey because it has a "drive" - you can upload files and hotlink, or make "tweets" with them.
thankfully, activitypub and Ostatus "protocols" are open source, so one could write a server implementation in whatever language du jour makes them happy, but only a few people have.
I see a lot of the same issues with realtime applications like matrix (for chat) and audio/video streaming. Some php implementation (or python), and then no one else can make something that adheres to the standard. Whether that's the standard's fault or not isn't for me to say.
if i get a jpeg image file, and the joint picture expert group's spec for jpeg format, i can write something to view that in a day or so. same with whatever RFC IRC was. or http. or ftp.
try writing a toy matrix or fediverse implementation? meh.
You buried the lede:)
That's great to know. Maybe not worth it to cloud host. Are there any issues to worry about with having downtime of my own node, other than my own ability to post and read? I haven't read enough about ActivityPub to understand the impacts of a server being down on the protocol.