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Zelphir Kaltstahl
@Zelphir Kaltstahl

Software developer from Germany.

Computer programming is an endless journey of learning. One never knows it all.

I am interested in computer programming concepts. Often those concepts are associated with specific programming languages or paradigms.

I like free/libre software. All things I code in my free time are free software. Usually I have many projects going on.

#programming #scheme #racket #python #gnu #technology #privacy #guile #emacs

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@nprofile1q... Thanks for the suggestion. I think though, that it is way to JS heavy for me. I want basically everything static pages and I don't need anything like live chat and stuff. Based on NodeJS makes me feel like it might be a resource hog on a small server and with all the supply chain dramas happening in the JS ecosystem, I am not sure I want to run it on my server.

Maybe I should have stated my goals a bit more precisely in my OP.
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#askfedi What is the best oldschool #forum software one can self-host on a small server?

"Best" as in some tradeoff of the following:

* bugfree (or not many bugs)
* safe, as in no or no discovered CVEs
* features for users, mods and admins
* maintainability
* safe, as in allows invite-only, and maybe review posts before being actually visible

Background is, that I have been thinking about hosting one for a long time, but it would probably be only for friends and friends of friends.
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Every time I need to admin other people's WordPress sites, I get the feeling WP is actually a trap. Things are working so badly. For example I search for how to have a page without theme/theming. Apparently, not possible. You basically only find bad advice online, mostly script kiddies level unmaintainable stuff.
I see someone mentioning "Page Theme" (https://wordpress.org/plugins/page-theme/), a plugin. So I go to plugin search to find exactly that plugin. Search shows me 278 results, first page no luck.
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I am currently looking for a #job . I am an experienced (senior) software developer/engineer with 7y of experience. If someone is looking for a capable software engineer or knows someone looking for engineers, please let me know.

I do #python #scheme #django #docker and aim for reproducible software. I learned some #devops and #ansible and can manage servers. Used to do #fullstack dev work, before everything needed to be an SPA.

I am looking for #remote work or work in #berlin or #potsdam .
note1s0shd...
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@nprofile1q... I played both, but actually never finished the second. I remember it being quite a bit more difficult (friggin' headcrabs!), while I finished the first one many times. I remember one run, where I simply did not know how to go further, because there was a wall, that was too high to jump over, but seemingly no other way to continue. But after that run, I never got that far again.
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@npub1nqp93... That's actually a good point. We should more often try with an older device. I personally have an X200, so pretty old, but I also don't allow much JS to run with that machine, since it is my free-software-only machine. I guess I also often self-select myself out of visiting bloated websites. But the point still stands for normal people, who want to browse the web with all its stuff. I am not so sure though, that excessive CSS is to blame. I think more often JS is to blame.