Thank you for the interest. Sorry to leave you hanging there, Cyn. (Funny, I knew a Cyn once.)

Not sure I follow your distinction between goal and rules there. It is certainly based on values and ideology more than a vision to become rich off of it. Some examples of how values look in concrete terms:

• filters are bidirectional, so if for instance your filter says “no smokers” then you obviously won’t see any smokers - but also, your profile won’t be shown to other users who are smokers;
• if you’ve set a geographical range (say, 50km), we won’t sneak in users who are thousands of km away from you (and certainly no ads in your feed);
• you’d pay a fixed price to get access to everything for 30 days. Furthermore, you are free to pause/resume your account if, for instance, you only want to be active on the weekends or every other week, and those 30 days will only “tick” on active days;
• I want to support people of every ilk, I’m doing research on how to make minorities feel seen, safe, and supported;
• in fact I’m doing several kinds of research and meta-research to find out what actually works for users wrt. getting quality matches (as opposed to what works for user retention and addictiveness);
• I want to specifically recreate a lot of the liked features that other apps have lost over the last few years, such as quizzes and photo phomts;
• the entire thing will be developed and hosted from within the EU. It’s easier to leave the app than to sign up for it. There’s a one-click “hand over my data” GDPR button. I would rather close the whole thing down than ever sell out to Match Group.

I know, this is just words on a screen but still, those are my values.

About the geo restriction, good question. The plan isn’t to actively restrict users, but to launch with a focus in one area (say, Amsterdam). The thing is, it can make a lot of sense to host a little tool on github and have six people find it useful - but for a matchmaking app, what you really need is user density and in that regard it helps to focus on a smaller area to begin with. Six users on each and every continent aren’t going to find great matches.

I like my account. I like the communities I’m in. I’d hate to be seen as a sleazy ad-monger or product peddler. I’d rather go slow and learn where such “hey by the way” conversation is not just acceptable but even encouraged.

Micropython<3

Yea, im kinda sick of what the tech industry has become. I do believe that tech and even the internet can have a net positive for humanity and I don’t mean it in the early silicon valley “making the world a better place thanks to my compression algorithm” sort of way. I does have the power to bring humans together and not stand in between as well as be an extension of your brain and not a replacement.

Thanks, I’ve learned a lot about Linux focusing on learning POSIX portable scripts. It’s been an experience.

I just have two containers. Caddy which handles let’s encrypt certificates and Kiwix to host Wikipedia plus about 10 other wikis, ranging from Linux coding to first aid, gardening, and other stuff meant for local self sufficiency.

I also use Caddy as a basic file server. I have a number of self sufficiency books on there, POSIX coding references and all my scripts and notes on Alpine Linux. I also have a static blog site there simply using Caddy as well.

I have a strong focus on minimalism so I don’t intend in going crazy with self hosted services. Also I have huge trust issues with so many self hosted projects so making my own projects when possible means less exposure to security vulnerabilities, AI or enablers of Authoritarian powers.

I spent a lot of time making it secure with some added obscurity so only myself and those who I share my site with can feel safe connecting to my server. It’s been quite the learning adventure.

Let me know if you have any issues with the motd script. I gather most of the information from /sys/ and /proc/ files so hopefully it’s consistent and accurate across other distributions. I’ve only tested it on Alpine Linux.

“Professionally, I’m cleaning up AI slop. It pays!”

Heyo, Let me get in on that action. I have been refusing AI since day one for this exact reason