dannym

I'm ashamed with myself that I fell for it :(

definitely, but it's good enough for a start, while he develops a more comprehensive application

Indeed! Writing documentation is also extremely helpful; it's like Bilbo penning Middle Earth's lore, guiding users through the software's labyrinth. Your efforts, whether clarifying existing documents or spreading knowledge, light our collective journey like the Elves' light of Eärendil. Each addition or improvement is celebrated; it's our shared saga.

For anyone who isn't a developer: contributing is not just code.

Monetary donations help developers to continue their work, supporting them in their journey much as the brave Samwise supported Frodo. They ensure the continuity of the project, allow developers to dedicate more of their time to it, and help them acquire resources they may need.

Yet not all of us are blessed with the wealth of the Lonely Mountain, and that is entirely acceptable. For in the land of FOSS, gold and silver are not the only treasures that matter. The donation of your time and skills can be as valuable as a chest full of gold.

When you come across a bug, it can be reported, much as Pippin reported his sighting of the Nazgul to Gandalf. Yet remember, respect is key, as it was in all communications among the Fellowship. A bug report, properly done, is a gift to the community, a contribution to the common good. But it should be given with care, with thoroughness, and with the respect due to a fellow traveler on this digital road.

Finally, consider the hobbits who remained in the Shire, who, though they did not journey far, spread tales of courage and bravery, keeping spirits high and ensuring the story was known. If you love a piece of FOSS, speak of it, share it, let others know. In the vast, interconnected realm of the Internet, word-of-mouth travels faster than Shadowfax.

Every contribution, every bit of help, is more than welcome. It is cherished. It is celebrated. For in the realm of FOSS, as in Middle Earth, we are all on this journey together.

Naturally, if you are gifted with the skills of a dwarf smith, able to delve into the deep code and fix bugs or add features, your contribution will be celebrated like Gimli’s axes in the Battle of Helm’s Deep. A good pull request is a bard’s song that echoes across the halls of digital Middle Earth, a melody that can inspire others and boost morale.

but now we need futurama shitposts!

Apollo for lemmy would be great, and it wouldn't be too hard for Christian to rewrite it to work with lemmy. Heck, people have written proxies which proxy the reddit oauth API to lemmy, so it would be as easy as running one of those proxies and replacing a URL, really.

Look into setting up mesh networks. Opening up a port will work, but it's insecure, while tools like netbird or tailscale still allow you connect to it remotely, but only allow YOU and the people YOU want to allow to connect to it, not the entire world

that's something that needs to be solved imo

Definitely, but they should allow people to choose their instance naturally. We don't want every user to end up in lemmy.world (or any other instance for that matter), decentralization is key, otherwise, at some point, it will end up exactly like reddit.