Posts by badrihippo@fosstodon.org
 (DIR) Post #AtBkueHjh41QwsCmUy by badrihippo@fosstodon.org
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       @eff this is such a radical thing that was so successful we take it for granted!
       
 (DIR) Post #AwxudZO7teNEGPxwI4 by badrihippo@fosstodon.org
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       @tuxdevices contextual note: in the #FreeSoftware world, #SoftwareUpdates tend to actually make existing software *better*, rather than enshittifying or bloating up with weird unwanted features ✨
       
 (DIR) Post #AyXLqFG7ajjch7bRdw by badrihippo@fosstodon.org
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       @mntmn whoa that's cool! I don't know why I didn't think of it myself 👀
       
 (DIR) Post #AyXLqGW6um7Qb05jCi by badrihippo@fosstodon.org
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       I'm excited to announce that #Convo, my #XMPP messaging app for #KaiOS has received a grant from @nlnet, or, more specifically, @NGIZero! 🎉 🤸https://nlnet.nl/project/Convo/I can now turn what began as a quick project made in a providential three weeks of free time into an app that can...actually do basic things like add contacts 😅More importantly, it'll make the open and standardised messaging protocol available to a mobile platform where few large players have dared to tread 👟#NLnet #NGIzero
       
 (DIR) Post #AyXLqJ4DQwaWVM3zdo by badrihippo@fosstodon.org
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       Taking this chance to also highlight some other cool projects that got #NGIzero funding in this round—thanks to @nlnet for facilitating the call where I got to (virtually) meet a bunch of the people behind them! 🎉Also, the full list of newly selected projects here:https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250804-announcement-grants-CommonsFund.html🧵 0/n
       
 (DIR) Post #AyXLqK8rR9tjq3FDWK by badrihippo@fosstodon.org
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       #Qryptr, an air-gapped open-hardware encryption device. Basically, you encrypt your message on a special device, and it turns that into a QR code that you can scan on a smartphone or something else for transmission! ✉️https://nlnet.nl/project/Qryptr/The Qryptr itself never connects directly to the Internet (or any network), making it impossible to hack that way. I like it mainly because it's a cool-looking pocketable device with a screen and a keyboard but I can see others finding it useful ✨🧵 1/n
       
 (DIR) Post #AyXLqOVLDWFzMvnE7E by badrihippo@fosstodon.org
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       #MultipathTCP on #Linux. I'm not expert enough to know how exactly that works or what it's doing, but it seems to be making one of the protocols on the bedrock of the #Internet more resilient, which is always a good thing 📡https://nlnet.nl/project/MPTCP-C-Flag/🧵 2/n
       
 (DIR) Post #AyXLqQSDy4x5PqLlXE by badrihippo@fosstodon.org
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       rust-query, a library with a better API to query #SQLite databases with #Rust :rust_ferris:https://nlnet.nl/project/rust-query/While that sounds relatively mundane, it's something I'm excited about because Rust really doesn't have as many options as, say, Python, where I just define a model in the code and it automagically generates tables, migrations, and everything in between. Did I say doesn't have options? Well, that was only until now 😉#RustQuery🧵 3/n
       
 (DIR) Post #AyXLqTsvDH5e3Vrd44 by badrihippo@fosstodon.org
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       Universal #EInk Solutions, which aims to provide a consistent API for driving #epaper displays 🖥️https://nlnet.nl/project/Universal-EInk/As someone who cannot concentrate for long periods on bright screens and the owner of an e-ink monitor as well as an e-reader, this is something I'm looking forward too as it'll increase hackability and enable the development of more #OpenHardware devices!(On a related note, I also learnt during the course of the meeting that #Modos is also an NLnet-funded project)🧵 4/n
       
 (DIR) Post #AyXLqVWJ8KBn7xIb5s by badrihippo@fosstodon.org
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       @beacondb, a wireless positioning database and alternative to the now-defunct #MozillaLocationServices 🛰️https://nlnet.nl/project/BeaconDB/Even without a direct satellite connection, #BeaconDB lets your device figure out its position by triangulating from known networks like WiFi hotspots and cellphone towers 📶🧵 5/n
       
 (DIR) Post #AyXLqX2bTjcJqPPu4W by badrihippo@fosstodon.org
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       In the same theme is #Geoloquent, an attempt to rewrite the #FreeDesktop geolocation API in a type-safe language :rust_ferris:https://nlnet.nl/project/Geoloquent/While I use #KaiOS on my main phone, I also carry a #Mobian device, so I'm happy for anything that'll help improve location services on there!(Side note: the #Furiphone @furilabs has done a good job of making a "mainline" Linux phone that works, though with the compromise of having a bit of #Android some layers down)🧵 6/n
       
 (DIR) Post #AyXLqYkb7eP1990YHg by badrihippo@fosstodon.org
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       Coming back to the more mundane (and therefore probably also the more immediately useful 😉) is #Formulas, which plans to bring Excel-compatible formula evaluation to #Python :python:https://nlnet.nl/project/Formulas/As someone who avoid spreadsheets when I can, but also sometimes ends up working with people who think and dream in them, this sounds like something that could form a workable solution for both sides 📊🧵 7/n
       
 (DIR) Post #AyXLqZjDUGtMB9Mxlo by badrihippo@fosstodon.org
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       A different project close to my heart is @dokieli, which uses web standards for decentralised article publishing, annotation, and social interaction ✒️https://nlnet.nl/project/Dokieli-Collaborative/I hadn't heard of it before, but it sounds a bit like "#Medium (the pre-enshittified version), but standards-based and for the entire world wide web"! The NLnet grant is to focus on improvements and refactoring, which I'm taking to mean that the basic system itself is already live 🚀🧵 8/n
       
 (DIR) Post #AyXLqah7tWoXAxOo9Q by badrihippo@fosstodon.org
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       Another hardware-focused project is #RIVET, making a plug-and-play way for #RISCV systems to connect to #ethernet 🔌https://nlnet.nl/project/RIVET/These are the small things that go a long way in speeding up #OpenHardware development.(I don't know if you gathered, but I like using open, customisable, and repairable devices that I can specially tailor to my needs—and I'm excited to see this take more shape in future!)🧵 9/n
       
 (DIR) Post #AyXLqcCiHZftrDBY1Y by badrihippo@fosstodon.org
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       Something that I don't know much about but I'm glad to see happening is #Archiyou, an open library of reusable architectural designs 🏘️https://nlnet.nl/project/Archiyou/Architecture and engineering are some of the fields in which I see a lot of people ending up using proprietary tools due to lack of alternatives, so it's good to see things changing!🧵 10/n
       
 (DIR) Post #AyXLqd1PF6DyOQu22S by badrihippo@fosstodon.org
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       Rounding off by circling back to #XMPP, where @zeank is working to bring invite support (#GreatInvitations) to #ejabberd 📮https://nlnet.nl/project/ejabberd-invites/Practically, this means another of the major XMPP servers will support a mechanism for people to create accounts more easily and without too many hurdles, while letting server operators keep signups invite-only or moderated in some way to avoid spam 🤖🧵 11/n
       
 (DIR) Post #AyXLqdxBmGRfHdwB6W by badrihippo@fosstodon.org
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       This means people will be able to sign up easily and use a messaging app of their choosing, on a device of their choosing, and still be able to message everyone who gets the same choices of themselves :xmpp:Zooming out, all the other projects I mentioned are in some way providing more choices and more control in their respective areas too 🚀🧵 12/n
       
 (DIR) Post #AyXLqehczbalbffGUK by badrihippo@fosstodon.org
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       Those were just what caught my attention, so I encourage you to check out the full list as well (reshared below):https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250804-announcement-grants-CommonsFund.htmlThanks again to #NLnet, #NGIzero, all the participants (including those who didn't make it this time) and last but not the least the #EuropeanUnion funding programmes for making this possible! ✨🧵 13/13 which is a bad number to stop at but ykw we can handle it. (For people using zero-indexed lists, maybe the unlucky number is actually 12 😉)
       
 (DIR) Post #AzOpbPFaVy1u5IvvSS by badrihippo@fosstodon.org
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       @Tutanota and here I was happily emailing people on #Thunderbird and making designs on #Penpot and #Inkscape to share via #XMPP, at which point I remembered to catch up on discussions on #Loomio, and got roped into drafting a manifesto on #Cryptpad, all while blissfully unaware of the chaos going on until I opened #Newsflash and read about it all on the #RSS feeds that I synchronise via #NextCloud, at which point I decided to head over to talk about it with the world thanks to #ActivityPub!
       
 (DIR) Post #AzcfLMubA8pGrzGi0W by badrihippo@fosstodon.org
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       @mntmn @wolf480pl wow. That's a rare discovery indeed!