How to automate Pixelfed posts

My problem with posting to Pixelfed I started with Mastodon as my first account in the Fediverse. After a while, I found out about Pixelfed and created my account there. I kept using it for a while and even posted from time to time. My problem with posting to Pixelfed was the lack of a scheduler. I want to post regularly, but I do not want to login every day and make a post manually. This feature was even announced but never finished. Even today, this is not implemented. There is also a GitHub issue discussing this if your interest goes deeper. In the following post by Pixelfed, you can see the announcement. ...

May 5, 2024 Β· 10 min Β· 2102 words Β· Lukas Nagel

Why did I stop working on Fedodo?

What is Fedodo? First of all, to get everyone on the same page, I need to explain what Fedodo is and why I started developing it. With the rise of Mastodon, I became more and more interested in the ActivityPub protocol. I really like the idea of having a big decentralized platform that can compete with the walled gardens of big tech. The ActivityPub protocol seemed to be just right to achieve that. ...

November 25, 2023 Β· 4 min Β· 754 words Β· Lukas Nagel