Post AyUGjsRKzipkTM8yMy by tess@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AyUGjsRKzipkTM8yMy by tess@mastodon.social
       2025-09-23T03:53:27Z
       
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       One of the great things about Mastodon is if you need a computer to do something: - Seventeen people will just tell you to use Linux - Eleven people will recommend an app that won't run on your hardware - Six people will recommend something you have to build and/or host yourself - Three will recommend a service that costs $20/mo and does none of what you want - ... and one will have built EXACTLY the thing you need, ten years ago, because they had the same problemGods bless this site.
       
 (DIR) Post #AyUGju8cgH3HjtP3Tc by cy@fedicy.us.to
       2025-09-23T04:57:18Z
       
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       Fortunately I already use Linux, so there's eighteen times as many people who can help me here.
       
 (DIR) Post #AyUGjyIhClUCeI99jU by tess@mastodon.social
       2025-09-23T03:55:37Z
       
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       This also reminds me of the time I wrote a blog engine, image library, and RSS aggregator in ASP.NET because all I had was a Windows PC and a domain name.And they all fuckin' worked.I later rewrote the blog engine in PHP, and eventually just switched to running WordPress, before deciding I didn't actually need to host my own blog on my own server, because ain't nobody got time to maintain that shit.
       
 (DIR) Post #AyUGk47DaLs0gQp4fw by tess@mastodon.social
       2025-09-23T04:00:26Z
       
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       Also I just wanna be clear: I love you all.You may not have answered my question _for me_, but you might have answered it for someone else, and that's important too!