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Hey #IndieWebSocial. What do folks recommend for a self hosted bookmark manager?

So it’s probably time for my #IndiewebSocial #introduction. 😬

Hi! I’m Piet. I build stuff for the web. Currently working for a startup in #Amsterdam building fun things for the #wood industry. 🪵

Outside of that I’m generalist nerd interested in #SciFiFantasy, #knitting, #3dPrinting, and #IndieWeb tinkering. I live in #Leiden #Netherlands with my artist wife (https://studiozoen.com) and family including #FridaVanZoen.

I jotted down my current IndieWeb stack over here: https://piet.me/stack/

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Oh huh. I've been wondering why my #MacbookPro battery stops charging at 80%. Turns out it's a feature not a bug. 🐛

Screenshot showing macOS settings with an option to optimise battery charging

Frida ended up buried during play time and was totally ok with it. #FridaVanZoen

frida the Maine coon cat buried under cushions and blankets

Website: https://piet.me

Github: https://github.com/pietvanzoen

Mastodon: https://indieweb.social/@pietvanzoen

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That's it. 🤷‍♂️👋

I kind of love it when this happens.

Screenshot of results from DuckDuckGo for 'mastodon migration cooling off'. Results include 'Mastodons migrated across extreme distances due to climate change', 'American Mastodons Trekked North Because of Global Warming'

We were at an #ExPat kids birthday party this morning. Birthday girl heroically waited through 3 variants of happy birthday in English, Spanish, and Dutch before being able to blow her candles out. 👏🥳🎂

Whoop. Smooth migration from @pietvanzoen@mas.to to @pietvanzoen@indieweb.social. I debated starting my own instance, but... ya know... with kid number 2 due very soon I figured giving myself another side project probably wasn't wise. #Adulting

chuffed

I moved my website #hosting from #GitHubPages to my #Linode VPS. Pretty much solely so I could control redirects and implement this:

https://johnmu.com/2022-mastodon-for-your-domain/

So now I can be found on Mastodon by searching hi@piet.me. 😬 Totally worth it.

Mastodon - be findable with your domain (on Firebase hosting)

While it’s cool to host your own Mastodon server, it’s not really efficient. A simple thing you can do, however, is to make it easier for others to discover your presence, if they already know your website. Try it out – search for “johnmu@johnmu.com” in your Mastodon instance. Also, click “follow” for SEO tips & other bad takes. Why is hosting your own instance inefficient? In short, sending updates between users (followers, followees) means connections between their individual servers, and if everyone has their own server, it’s a lot of network activity.

johnmu.com