this is shaping up well enough that i think i can can Post about it now:

working on an activitypub-aware reverse proxy to handle http signatures/authorized fetch (and, in the future, caching, though that's not there yet) on your behalf. primarily intended to absorb the load of large federation bursts for the underlying software, but also frees you from having to reimplement http signature validation yourself

supports both rsa-sha256 and ed25519 over the cavage draft. handles multiple keys per actor. will handle blind key rotations whenever i get around to it. may add support for the the new http signature rfc if there's a Reasonable library available

i have a few more things in mind but i need to finish the basics first

#activityPub #fediDevs

this is shaping up well enough that i think i can can Post about it now:

working on an activitypub-aware reverse proxy to handle http signatures/authorized fetch (and, in the future, caching, though that's not there yet) on your behalf. primarily intended to absorb the load of large federation bursts for the underlying software, but also frees you from having to reimplement http signature validation yourself

supports both rsa-sha256 and ed25519 over the cavage draft. handles multiple keys per actor. will handle blind key rotations whenever i get around to it. may add support for the the new http signature rfc if there's a Reasonable library available

i have a few more things in mind but i need to finish the basics first

#activityPub #fediDevs

Mentioned by @evan :

https://tags.pub

(Site doesn't work yet, apparently.)

But also here is the git repo:

https://github.com/social-web-foundation/tags.pub

#FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026 #HashTag #HashTags

On stage now, @django — arguing for widespread adoption of ActivityPub client-server (C2S) protocol.

I agree with him.

At the very least, to make extension of ActivityPub through JSON-LD namespaces possible.

But also to decouple Fediverse client development from Fediverse server development.

And more.

#ActivityPub #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

Mentioned by @andypiper :

The Mastodon team is planning to release a universal "share" button.

(It wasn't clear to me if this was just for Mastodon servers — or if it would work with non-Mastodon servers, too. It was mentioned briefly from the audience.)

#FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026 #Mastodon

On stage now, @django — arguing for widespread adoption of ActivityPub client-server (C2S) protocol.

I agree with him.

At the very least, to make extension of ActivityPub through JSON-LD namespaces possible.

But also to decouple Fediverse client development from Fediverse server development.

And more.

#ActivityPub #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

Mentioned by @evan :

https://tags.pub

(Site doesn't work yet, apparently.)

But also here is the git repo:

https://github.com/social-web-foundation/tags.pub

#FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026 #HashTag #HashTags

Mentioned by @andypiper :

The Mastodon team is planning to release a universal "share" button.

(It wasn't clear to me if this was just for Mastodon servers — or if it would work with non-Mastodon servers, too. It was mentioned briefly from the audience.)

#FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026 #Mastodon

Speaker on stage in the Social Web room at FOSDEM 2026 is arguing for open-source Fediverse projects to do product-development.

Although he is framing it in terms of building for a community.

I agree with him. Although, I think it is true of open-source projects in general.

(For completeness — others have said that, too.)

#FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

Speaker on stage in the Social Web room at FOSDEM 2026 is arguing for open-source Fediverse projects to do product-development.

Although he is framing it in terms of building for a community.

I agree with him. Although, I think it is true of open-source projects in general.

(For completeness — others have said that, too.)

#FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

Day 1 of 2 of FOSDEM 2026 in Brussels — I am attending the Social Web track.

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/social-web/

I arrived a bit late. But, I am here now 🙂

#FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

Day 1 of 2 of FOSDEM 2026 in Brussels — I am attending the Social Web track.

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/social-web/

I arrived a bit late. But, I am here now 🙂

#FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

Day 2 in Brussels (for this trip). I think I have adjusted enough to the time-zone change that I will be able to be (mostly) awake for FOSDEM 2026 — which takes place this weekend.

Tomorrow (Saturday) is the first day of FOSDEM 2026. I will be attending the Social Web track.

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/social-web/

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@reiver/115975330181816783

#FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

Day 2 in Brussels (for this trip). I think I have adjusted enough to the time-zone change that I will be able to be (mostly) awake for FOSDEM 2026 — which takes place this weekend.

Tomorrow (Saturday) is the first day of FOSDEM 2026. I will be attending the Social Web track.

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/social-web/

.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@reiver/115975330181816783

#FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026