Update Mastodon to v4.2.5 and keeping customisations
14/02/2024 22:30 digital life
mastodon
Raspberry Pi
Git
Recently the new #Mastodon v4.2.5 was announced and with it the urge of a security fix. In a previous article I explained a strategy to keep the code customised and up to date, and even working with #git is part of my daily work, I feel like explaining in detail the process so that I will remember it for future references and also may help anybody that has the instance somewhat customised.
Install and customize Postmarks into a Raspberry Pi
09/11/2023 07:00 digital life
Raspberry Pi
Linux
Git
NodeJS
Postmarks
One day a message crossed my #Mastodon timeline: There is a simple #bookmarks #NodeJS application that federates via #ActivityPub as any other #fediverse account! Great, I have to try it. One month later I have my new LinkBlog up and running.
This post explains the installation of #Postmarks and also covers the set up of a customization strategy that allows to keep the project code up to date.
Git Tag: My quick reference to git tagging
05/02/2023 09:45 digital life
programming
SysAdmin
Linux
Git
For the last months, I am making use of git tagging a lot, usually creating a tag and pushing it to the repo and rarely deleting it. This is a quick and dirty article stating my most used tagging commands for further reference.
