2026-03-01 00:39:38
What the heck is wrong with :matrix: #matrix? We're looking for a platform for communication during a larger measurement campaign and from the featureset concluded with either #Mattermost or Matrix (subgroups, archivable, mobile/desktop/web clients, etc.).
But the
Anyone have experience setting up #Matrix or another replacement for Discord? How much of a hassle is it?
I don't get the #matrix hate on Fedi. Apparently federation is only desirable as long as the government doesn't use it?
I was fed up with Matrix and tried coming up with my own federated chat protocol. It got really complex really quickly.
In order to resist enshittification it needs to be decentralised. It can't be P2P because that would drain phone batteries. It must be federated. But that means that your admin could read your messages. So it must be federated and encrypted. And that's where it starts to get real tricky.
Do you people think that my VPS with 2GB RAM and 2 CPU cores is enough to run matrix end to end encrypted for me and a few others?
#matrix #selfhosted #selfhosting
been getting back into #IRC which is nice. Some old haunts, some new.
The downside to IRC (not that #Matrix etc. are much different) is that when there's a lul in discussion, u can't really tell if everyone is out #touchinggrass
After a recent *terrible* first attempt at using matrix as communication platform for our rather big measurement campaign in summer, I just tried selfhosting Mattermost, and boy is it a smoother experience. It's as if it was made for team collaboration, funny eh 😅
Also my first time trying out nixos-containers, very nice to encapsulate or group services together independently of your host NixOS.
#Matrix