I got distracted from my work so I made some Continuwuity propaganda. Continuwuity is a lightweights Matrix chat server that you can self-host pretty easily. Give it a try :3

  • neatchee@piefed.socialEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I’m trying so hard not to hate this post but you have given me so many reasons to

    • use of UwU in something I absolutely need to share with others

    • mismatched fonts

    • comic something font

    • no human readable data next to the QR code

    • mismatched gradient radii in the corners

    Make it stop 😭

    • SqueakyBeaver@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      3 months ago

      The project is the “official community continuation of the conduwuit homeserver”. Conduwuit was a popular matrix backend until the project was archived.

      Although interestingly, conduwuit says the official continuation is Tuwunel. interesting

      • Maya@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        3 months ago

        I’ve been using Tuwunnel since Conduwuit ceased developpment and I haven’t been able to find a reason to switch to Continuwuity yet.

      • onlinepersona@programming.devEnglish
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        3 months ago

        It is primarily sponsored by the government of Switzerland 🇨🇭 where it is currently deployed for citizens.

        Now this, I like!

        Github, not so much

              • kiol@discuss.onlineEnglish
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                3 months ago

                Okay, I don’t know the history. It is unfortunate to not have project differences spelled out, because the truth is most of us know nothing about these things. Sounds like a no, but would it be possible for the projects to collaborate?

                • Jade@programming.dev
                  OPEnglish
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                  3 months ago

                  Considering the most recent is their lead developer getting banned from all Matrix Foundation rooms for CoC violations, the answer there is still no.

        • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          3 months ago

          I find it hilarious that a government is sponsoring something with “UwU” in the name.

      • notabot@piefed.socialEnglish
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        3 months ago

        The problem is “cuteness” is very much in the eye of the beholder for things like this, and I’m with neatchee here, it’s not cute, and it makes it basically unshareable, and hence unusable in a lot of contexts. I appreciate the effort that’s gone into the project, but the name and publicity massively detract from that.

        • SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          3 months ago

          You don’t need to share any server technology names, just that it’s the Matrix protocol or “platform”, or even just “Element” if they are using that app. I don’t tell other matrix users they are on a Synapse server.

          Only the host needs to know about the server app name, and is the only one who interacts with it directly.

    • Jade@programming.dev
      OPEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Everything there (aside from perhaps not printing the full URL under the QR code) is deliberate and a part of the ‘brand’. Roboto + Sour Gummy for the fonts, asymmetry, whimsy. If you don’t like it, I’m sure you can use Element’s Synapse and you’ll be able to talk to people using Continuwuity just fine. That’s kind of the point.

    • missphant@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      3 months ago

      use of UwU in something I absolutely need to share with others

      It’s purely a backend, what’s under the hood is not really visible to matrix clients.

      Edit: Though I wish this graphic communicated that more, just realized it doesn’t even say anything about [matrix].

  • ragingHungryPanda@piefed.keyboardvagabond.comEnglish
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    3 months ago

    somebody: makes anything
    lemmy: we hate this

    I love how the culture of the fediverse is consistent. it hates everything, everywhere, all at once, and all of the time.

    I tried to get my friends off of reddit on it and that’s what they always commented about, so they’ll never join.

    I use the continuwuity server. Thank you to the devs for all of the hard work!

  • litchralee@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 months ago

    This is the homeserver written in Rust, right?

    A suggestion: wherever a QR code is included, the human-readable content should be included next to it. Not everyone has a QR code reader handy, or their reader has the bad habit of immediately opening links or apps. In this case, I see that it just goes to https://continuwuity.org/ and is benign, but others may be apprehensive at naked QR codes.

    • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I was very excited when I started seeing QR codes gaining popularity. That excitement was quickly shattered when everyone just started using them improperly and they just made everything more annoying 😮‍💨

        • morto@piefed.socialEnglish
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          3 months ago

          Putting simple things behind a qrwall. I once went to a presentation and they had that qr code to scan to get the certificate, and I went there without my phone, so I got no certificate I needed it for academic bureaucracy). restaurants with qr-only menus also come to mind. Oh, I also saw once a school with the timetables mural with just qrs and nothing else written, so if new students didn’t have a phone AND mobile internet, they couldn’t find by themselves where and when their classes took place

        • KingKong33@lemmy.mldeleted by creatorEnglish
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          3 months ago

          Lots of people use Lemmy via mobile. How am I supposed to scan a QR code?

          • Hawke@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            3 months ago

            Print it out and scan it. Use a barcode reader. Use another mobile. Upload it to a barcode decoder website.

            • KingKong33@lemmy.mldeleted by creatorEnglish
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              3 months ago

              Or I could just scroll past it and not give them the time of day because they were too lazy to post a link, you know, the primary method for navigating the internet for decades now. Why the need to overly complicate things?

                • KingKong33@lemmy.mldeleted by creatorEnglish
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                  3 months ago

                  Point being, if you can’t be arsed to do the bare minimum and post a fucking link, why should anyone give your post a second look?

    • Denys Nykula@piefed.socialEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Agreed that QR codes should be accompanied by text links for accessibility, because many times the scanning fails due to bad light, old camera or shaky hands.

    • Ananace@lemmy.ananace.devEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I made an NFC/QR code card for my wifi details at home, and that also includes the details written in clear text on the card, since some devices simply don’t do QR (or NFC in my case).

    • Jade@programming.dev
      OPEnglish
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      3 months ago

      It is!

      Yeah, I see your point, and I included the link in the alt text. On the actual design itself though, any URL I wrote in could be completely different from the QR so it seems slightly pointless - especially as it would just be writing Continuwuity a third time haha

      • SayCyberOnceMore@feddit.ukEnglish
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        3 months ago

        I can see a lot of opinions & comments on the QR part and, with respect, I’d like to add that I’m reading this post on a device where I’d like to view the site on the same device, so a QR isn’t best for this platform.

        I’d go a little further and say that QRs and really only useful for a mediim where you want the user to use a 2nd device (printed media, BSODs, etc)

        Also putting the URL in the (for my reader) non-clickable alt-text doesn’t help either

        Again, with respect, you’re making it harder for your audience to reach you, not easier.

      • notabot@piefed.socialEnglish
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        3 months ago

        Including the URL isn’t to act as a check on the contents of the QR code, but to act as an alternative for those who don’t want to scan it at all.

          • Kilgore Trout@feddit.itEnglish
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            3 months ago

            I know you are in good faith (and I already run my continuwuity server!), but in ppractical terms you are suggesting to use Google, and I don’t want to. Expecially for something you could have included in text in the post.

            edit: I am reminded of Richard Stallman spelling out full URLs during conferences, complete with subdirectories. It is silly, but it works.

          • litchralee@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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            3 months ago

            This is not a good idea: having to search means an implicit reliance on a search engine. Even with a trustworthy web search – and those are becoming fewer and fewer – why add this complication?

            Even worse is when there’s an adversary: what would stop someone from buying getcontinuwuity.org but have it be pro-Big Tech propaganda, with tracking cookies galore, and then pay Google or Bing to put it at the top of the web search results?

            Whereas in 2026, a URL is not confusing at all to include. Even big brands might not own their own product name’s domain. This exact problem came up just six days ago: https://www.neowin.net/news/paintnet-can-finally-be-downloaded-from-the-right-place/

  • solrize@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Well thanks for at least explaining what it is, but isn’t Matrix already self hostable? Anyway what’s wrong with IRC?

    • sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net
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      3 months ago

      It’s based on conduit, which itself is really a lot better for self-hosting than synapse or dendrite.

      I ran conduit on an atom d2550 alongside other services and it basically idled. Running synapse or dendrite on the same machine made the whole machine max out permanently.

      Irc is fine, but not federated…

  • Shimitar@downonthestreet.euEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Love and use this!

    Solid, fast, amazing experience… A breeze to setup as well… Quite another thing than Synapse.

  • Beacon@fedia.io
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    3 months ago

    Why do useful FOSS things always have the worst names that make it hard to spread.

    • Flipper@feddit.orgEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Well, it startend with conduit. That was a respectable name. The development slowed down and someone wasnt happy abput not getting pr merged. Then it got forked to conduwuit.

      Speed picked back up. There was later a massive meltdown for some reason. To successors emerged continuwuity and tuwunel.

      • Beacon@fedia.io
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        3 months ago

        There’s almost always a backstory for why the makers choose the name they did, but that doesn’t change the harmful result. A bad name seriously limits how much the software will ever get adopted. Heck, if there was a FOSS project i cared about enough then i would fork it and keep everything the same except give it a more palatable name.

    • Ephera@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Lots of folks also like the unmarketable names, because you know that it’s not a corporate project. You’re hearing about it, because it’s actually good, and not just because some startup got VC money to do marketing.

      Heck, the reverse is true as well. This project is better specifically because it has that name. You just know some transfemmes are tirelessly hacking away at it, because they enjoy the silly name.

    • Midnight Wolf@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I was under the impression that they preferred to be referred to as ‘skinnies’. We are all flesh, after all… well except protogen…

  • amgine@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Does it have easy gif embedding like discord? I tried another chat app and it felt so stripped down without gifs or emojis

  • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Thst branding reminds me of the extensive complaints of Anubis beeing too weaboo for production applications lol.

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

    Fewer Letters More Letters
    HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
    SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
    TCP Transmission Control Protocol, most often over IP
    VPN Virtual Private Network
    nginx Popular HTTP server

    5 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 4 acronyms.

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