I need a better twtxt client. The one I use (Timeline) has quite a few flaws and rough edges. What are some decent clients out there? Should I stick to a web client or is a locally ran client a better thing? What are the specs needed for yarnd? Can I install yarnd and keep my current twtxt file?

My twtxt instance is under a de-facto attack. Or, at this point, I can't even differentiate an attack from the other in the constant barrage or malicious requests.

There were so many bots hammering it, in only 3 days, they consumed the ironically significant amount of 666 MB — I kid you not! In the last 24 hours, there were 59,673 hits on this endpoint alone.

I had to put my twtxt web interface behind a password-protected BasicAuth directive. As I'm the only one using it, it's fine.

Bots, scrappers and Large Laggy Manglers are poisoning the open web.

Third power failure in two weeks. Every time a different apartment loses power at the same time as mine. I hope the power company is able to find the cause.

Am I talking to the void?

Despite the driving force behind me being here lying in the curiosity and challenge of "let's check out this new thing and see what it takes to bring get it working", I'd like to know if there are other people reading me. Or if it's just like on my gopher site, where around 96% of the visits are from bots.

I mean, it's still fun to tinker with tech tools for the mere sake of it, but at times I can't help but feel like Prometheus and Sisyphus at the same time.

Not that I'd stop. Just like my "self-sufficient" sense of humor (read this with a good hint of self-deprecation and irony), most of my electronic exploratory endeavors end up being more about the process than the result.

Or, in other words: I was so focused on building this vessel that I never stopped to think where I want to go!

Six of my last eight posts were about twtxt itself. As much as it's understandable between all the excitement and confusion with finding out and using a new technology, I really don't want this feed to become something like this: (source) PS: I just noticed that by making this meta-rant I'm talking about not talking about twtxt!

Just found out there's something called "twtxt registries". There are at least two of them online and it... aggregates twtxts on a semi-centralized consumable API?

Alright. I have a minimal working instance of a twtxt feed. Now, what's the first thing we do? Exactly, FOLLOW EVERYONE!

This was posted using Søren Peter's Timeline.

Weird. My timestamps are all being shown (on https://twtxt.net and https://darch.dk/timeline) one hour ahead of what I expected. Am I manually writing my timestamps wrong? Are the clients interpreting something I'm not aware of? Let me write this one on the "Z" timezone to try to debug it.

Someone on #twtxt or #yarn.social on IRC told me to use a client that supports extensions and replies. Uhh... Client? I'm writing my microblogging by hand! (Hides in a very weird mix of pride and shame)

I just found out this super cool Arkanoid / Breakout style game: Breakout 71!

This protocol / platform / thing seems very interesting! Simple, lightweight, straightforward, decentralized, federated, plaintext, and aligned with the concepts of the "smolweb". I think I like it!

Hello world!