<![CDATA[πŸ†• blog!]]>πŸ†• blog! β€œSome updates to ActivityBot”

I couple of years ago, I developed ActivityBot - the simplest way to build Mastodon Bots. It is a single PHP file which can run an entire ActivityPub server and it is less than 80KB.

It works! You can follow @openbenches to see the latest entries on OpenBenches.org, and @colours for a …

πŸ‘€ Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/03/some-updates-to-activitybot/
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]]>https://citiverse.it/topic/70787e5a-5a2c-4fc1-bdc2-8a45889eeb77/blogRSS for NodeTue, 11 Aug 2026 14:51:57 GMTMon, 16 Mar 2026 12:35:03 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ†• blog! on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 13:37:55 GMT]]>@Edent @nlnet oh awesome, congratulations!! Oh I’ve been meaning to get back to thinking about ActivityPub

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.social/users/geocontrol/statuses/117060159078008167https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.social/users/geocontrol/statuses/117060159078008167Sat, 08 Aug 2026 13:37:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ†• blog! on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 11:57:53 GMT]]>@kleisli I'll be publishing full details in my blog in the next couple of weeks. But basically funds my time, allows me to pay user research participants, accessibility audits, equipment, etc.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Edent/statuses/117059765783633797https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Edent/statuses/117059765783633797Sat, 08 Aug 2026 11:57:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ†• blog! on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 11:39:46 GMT]]>@Edent @nlnet what is the funding for?

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.social/users/kleisli/statuses/117059694530738190https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.social/users/kleisli/statuses/117059694530738190Sat, 08 Aug 2026 11:39:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ†• blog! on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 09:25:51 GMT]]>@Edent @nlnet congratulations!! Welcome to the club πŸ™‚

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/Floppy/statuses/117059167939692205https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/Floppy/statuses/117059167939692205Sat, 08 Aug 2026 09:25:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ†• blog! on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 09:08:04 GMT]]>@Edent @nlnet Great news and a great project!

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://social.coop/ap/users/116362546875863298/statuses/117059097996269528https://citiverse.it/post/https://social.coop/ap/users/116362546875863298/statuses/117059097996269528Sat, 08 Aug 2026 09:08:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ†• blog! on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 09:04:45 GMT]]>@Edent @nlnet congratulations!! πŸ₯³

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ides_dev/statuses/117059084994548939https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ides_dev/statuses/117059084994548939Sat, 08 Aug 2026 09:04:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ†• blog! on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 06:50:26 GMT]]>@Edent @nlnet wooo, awesome news!

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/emily_s/statuses/117058556798437997https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/emily_s/statuses/117058556798437997Sat, 08 Aug 2026 06:50:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ†• blog! on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 06:49:49 GMT]]>@Edent @nlnet yay! Congratulations 🎊

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://chaos.social/users/slothrop/statuses/117058554407459745https://citiverse.it/post/https://chaos.social/users/slothrop/statuses/117058554407459745Sat, 08 Aug 2026 06:49:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ†• blog! on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 06:48:52 GMT]]>I've just been awarded a grant from @nlnet's NGI0 Commons Fund for one of my open source projects πŸ˜ƒ

https://nlnet.nl/project/ActivityBot/

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Edent/statuses/117058550675446404https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Edent/statuses/117058550675446404Sat, 08 Aug 2026 06:48:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ†• blog! on Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:09:46 GMT]]>@Edent I haven't used it, but now that I know it exists I probably will.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/Braininabowl/statuses/116840397931739629https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/Braininabowl/statuses/116840397931739629Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:09:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ†• blog! on Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:14:46 GMT]]>@Edent @events has been running for a couple of years using it :]

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.social/users/alifeee/statuses/116839473925208700https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.social/users/alifeee/statuses/116839473925208700Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:14:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ†• blog! on Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:38:45 GMT]]>Just had another email from NLnet asking for more details about .

If you've used it or have opinions about it, please reply so I can show them some evidence πŸ˜„

https://gitlab.com/edent/activity-bot

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Edent/statuses/116839096338692779https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Edent/statuses/116839096338692779Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:38:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ†• blog! on Thu, 07 May 2026 12:47:10 GMT]]>Well this is exciting!

My little server is through to the next round of the @nlnet grant application process.

Still a long way to go, but rather encouraging.

You can play with the code at https://gitlab.com/edent/activity-bot/

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]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Edent/statuses/116533364694251784https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Edent/statuses/116533364694251784Thu, 07 May 2026 12:47:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ†• blog! on Mon, 16 Mar 2026 22:38:11 GMT]]>@Edent @openbenches @colours
That's fun! I just snagged Evan's ActivityPub book, so thoughts of random AP client bots bounced around my head as well.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/tim_lavoie/statuses/116241248539225761https://citiverse.it/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/tim_lavoie/statuses/116241248539225761Mon, 16 Mar 2026 22:38:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ†• blog! on Mon, 16 Mar 2026 21:08:01 GMT]]>I was temped to add versioning to using:

```php
define( "VERSION", hash_file( "xxh32", __FILE__ ) );
```

But I've gone with boring old DateVer instead.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Edent/statuses/116240893982822254https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Edent/statuses/116240893982822254Mon, 16 Mar 2026 21:08:01 GMT