Alexander Fortin's Microblog

Work in progress: make my #atproto PDS (atproto.com/guides/self-...) the source…

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 09:30:28 GMT

Work in progress: make my #atproto PDS (atproto.com/guides/self-...) the source DB for all things social.

Done:
- website's profile pic
- website's homepage microblog entries roll
- website's /postroll and /til pages

ToDo:
- Gravatar picture

#selfhost

Revamping my automated backups strategy, dropping custom scripts and AWS S3 in f…

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 16:02:59 GMT

Revamping my automated backups strategy, dropping custom scripts and AWS S3 in favor of:

- restic.net
- www.impossiblecloud.com/s3-storage

#hostedinEU

I'm a simple person: I like Postgres, I use Neon (happily), I share this: postgr…

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 18:54:09 GMT

I'm a simple person: I like Postgres, I use Neon (happily), I share this:

postgresisenough.dev

Since I have Podman + Forgejo + actions runner everything is a nail to hammer. H…

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:26:17 GMT

Since I have Podman + Forgejo + actions runner everything is a nail to hammer.

Here's a new repo to make sure I won't lose track of my Terraform S3 backend bucket: forge.l3x.in/alex/terrafo...

The cool bit is that after bootstrap it authenticates to AWS via OIDC so no more tokens needed 🎊

isaiprofitable.com

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 14:55:08 GMT

isaiprofitable.com

New Pi extension with companion web app viewer to share sessions with Opengist (…

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 08:42:10 GMT

New Pi extension with companion web app viewer to share sessions with Opengist (instead of the Pi'default GitHub Gist):

- www.npmjs.com/package/@ale...
- gistviewer.l3x.in

#pi-coding-agent #opengist

Wrapping up self hosting projects: - forge.l3x.in : works like a charm, CI/CD an…

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:54:44 GMT

Wrapping up self hosting projects:

- forge.l3x.in : works like a charm, CI/CD and all, with github.com/shaftoe/pi-c... integrating natively
- gist.l3x.in: does the job, proposing a patch to automate user creation (github.com/thomiceli/op...)
- social.l3x.in: PDS sourced by this very feed

#yakshave

Hello ATproto 👋 I'm migrating microblogging away from my Mastodon account, it s…

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:16:33 GMT

Hello ATproto 👋

I'm migrating microblogging away from my Mastodon account, it served me well for the last years but self hosted PDS seems to be a better fit for my digital needs.

This very feed just became the new SoA for some of a.l3x.in content (/postroll and /til).

Say hi if you're on Bluesky!

In the mood for more self hosting, I've setup an ATproto DPS and might migrate m…

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 07:46:46 GMT

In the mood for more self hosting, I've setup an ATproto DPS and might migrate my social presence/microblogging there: https://social.l3x.in

Nothing wrong with Mastodon, I'm just not willing to self host a full Mastodon instance to have full ownership of my data.

Also, yak shaving is so good...

How to burst the AI bubble https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/how-to-burst-…

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 06:31:11 GMT

How to burst the AI bubble

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/how-to-burst-the-ai-bubble-strike-at-its-roots/

#postroll

https://fosstodon.org/@alex/116815001798130682

Tired of GitHub since long, today I finally found some motivation to setup my ow…

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:45:57 GMT

Tired of GitHub since long, today I finally found some motivation to setup my own Forgejo: https://forge.l3x.in/

Runs on my (cheap) VPS as a rootless container managed by Podman/systemd.

Still missing:
- action runner (wip)
- decide which projects to migrate from GH + actually migrate them

Finally a proper explanation of the AI economics https://www.mcsweeneys.net/arti…

Sat, 13 Jun 2026 14:27:03 GMT

Finally a proper explanation of the AI economics

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/ai-economics-for-dummies

#postroll

https://fosstodon.org/@alex/116743262930772205

The Dead Economy Theory https://www.owenmcgrann.com/p/the-dead-economy-theory #p…

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:55:51 GMT

The Dead Economy Theory

https://www.owenmcgrann.com/p/the-dead-economy-theory

#postroll

https://fosstodon.org/@alex/116685337483341712

Will spend the weekend in lovely Braşov 🇷🇴 Say hi if you're around 👋 https://…

Sat, 30 May 2026 07:36:32 GMT

Will spend the weekend in lovely Braşov 🇷🇴
Say hi if you're around 👋

https://fosstodon.org/@alex/116662376367029687

While waiting for Docker Sandbox to catch up with Pi, I started this project: ht…

Tue, 26 May 2026 13:26:01 GMT

While waiting for Docker Sandbox to catch up with Pi, I started this project: https://github.com/shaftoe/sbx-template-pi

TL;DR: `sbx run --kit "git+https://github.com/shaftoe/sbx-template-pi.git#dir=sbx-kit" sbx-template-pi` to run Pi in a Docker sandbox with up-to-date Pi.

Attending Cloud Native Days Romania today 18th and tomorrow 19th of May. Say hi…

Mon, 18 May 2026 06:20:42 GMT

Attending Cloud Native Days Romania today 18th and tomorrow 19th of May.

Say hi if you're joining

https://cloudnativedays.ro/

https://fosstodon.org/@alex/116594130422086648

@daz It's idiotic and already firing back but happens probably because 1. manage…

Wed, 13 May 2026 14:30:18 GMT

@daz It's idiotic and already firing back but happens probably because

1. managers don't understand the technology and
2. managers are thrilled to fire employees and show big $ savings to their bosses

https://fosstodon.org/@alex/116567744075486465

Back in Bucharest 🇷🇴 Say hi if you're around https://fosstodon.org/@alex/11654…

Sun, 10 May 2026 01:20:33 GMT

Back in Bucharest 🇷🇴
Say hi if you're around

https://fosstodon.org/@alex/116547651753235351

Agents need control flow, not more prompts https://bsuh.bearblog.dev/agents-need…

Fri, 08 May 2026 15:17:32 GMT

Agents need control flow, not more prompts

https://bsuh.bearblog.dev/agents-need-control-flow/

#postroll

https://fosstodon.org/@alex/116539618263207191

Ghost of Yotei Legends got to be one of the most underrated DLCs ever. https://f…

Fri, 01 May 2026 14:14:03 GMT

Ghost of Yotei Legends got to be one of the most underrated DLCs ever.

https://fosstodon.org/@alex/116499732459571225