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btw if y'all wanna contribute to whatever i do online another type of donation i take is bandcamp wishlist gifts i love my CDs
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if i had like a lot of money i'd probably switch my main laptop for an x220 tablet and make my server like powerful enough to compile things remotely
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"UI design" youtubers be like: *in a cocky tone* "imma improve this app's design" *proceeds to do the worst design decisions i've seen anyone make*
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oh my good google fucked up chromebook branding so badly when introducing "chromebook plus". samsung used that same name for their own line of chromebooks, so telling them apart is now harder lol
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After two weeks of work, I'm announcing the first release of my latest project is up: Shoelace! It's an alternative frontend for Instagram's Threads, written in Rust, and powered by the spools library (made with the help of my girlfriend @nbsp <3).
Check it out at https://sr.ht/~nixgoat/shoelace
The official public instance (at least for now) is located at https://shoelace.mint.lgbt/
Check it out at https://sr.ht/~nixgoat/shoelace
The official public instance (at least for now) is located at https://shoelace.mint.lgbt/
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if you started following me after october 2023 and before may 2024. i'd advise retrying to follow me, so you can get my posts
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Edited 6 months ago
it's been a bit over a week since the coral castle data loss disaster, so imma be giving some recommendations on how to not fuck up like i did to other server admins.
1. if you're upgrading your server, check the hardware you're using. this was caused by a single bad ram stick that i didn't test after install.
2. allow postgres to safely crash if it detects corruption. openrc automatically restarted the service, causing a loop where postgres would reboot and keep writing corrupted pages to storage
3. consider pg_basebackup and wal archiving. back up the whole cluster in longer intervals (weekly, monthly), and then wal can take care of the smaller changes over shorter periods of time (hourly)
4. check whether your backups work correctly. two issues arose after checking one of my backups. first, i was backing up the wrong database (this being the coral castle neo database), and second, the backups were not encoded correctly (using ASCII instead of UTF-8)
that's all everyone. keep your servers safe.
1. if you're upgrading your server, check the hardware you're using. this was caused by a single bad ram stick that i didn't test after install.
2. allow postgres to safely crash if it detects corruption. openrc automatically restarted the service, causing a loop where postgres would reboot and keep writing corrupted pages to storage
3. consider pg_basebackup and wal archiving. back up the whole cluster in longer intervals (weekly, monthly), and then wal can take care of the smaller changes over shorter periods of time (hourly)
4. check whether your backups work correctly. two issues arose after checking one of my backups. first, i was backing up the wrong database (this being the coral castle neo database), and second, the backups were not encoded correctly (using ASCII instead of UTF-8)
that's all everyone. keep your servers safe.
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srry for the downtime everyone. server ran out of space, so i had to clean some logs to bring it back up. should be good now, and i'll be starting logrotate to make these not accumulate so much
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i am so close to getting a bluetooth jammer and killing off my neighbor's music i swear to god i can't take it anymoreee
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Edited 6 months ago
this sucks. my sony audio system decided to close the tray just as i was putting a disc and scratched it. i'm so pissed off
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About Coral Castle
coral castle
welcome to coral castle, a chill community sailing on the fediverse. we strive to be a safe, left-leaning, queer-friendly, communitarian space for all kinds of folk. before joining, make sure to read our community guidelines.
community guidelines
- you must be over 14 years old to join. coral castle's servers are hosted in chile, and under article 19,628 of the laws of chile, we are unauthorized to collect data from people under 14.
- do not spam or raid. the fediverse is not your space to intoxicate.
- nsfw/nsfl content must be marked as sensitive. coral castle is built to be used as a casual instance, and as such should be accessible anywhere.
- hate speech, paraphilia, and harassment will get you banned. having basic human decency is key anywhere. whether it is in real life or on the internet, don't be a jerk.
- keep things legal. this includes pirated content, since we want to keep a good relationship across fediverse servers. posting CSAM is strictly forbidden and will result in legal action.
moderation policies
the sanctions for local users will be relative to the gravity of their infringements, varying from simply deleting the offending material, to warning the user through a three-strike system, to immediately banning the offending user.
if you're an instance administrator and you think your instance was sanctioned by mistake, feel free to appeal by emailing me at lux@nixgoat.me
special thanks
to our donators, for helping keep this instance up:
also, to the following organizations: