Yeah the main project is surprisingly heavy: Rails and PostgreSQL and Redis and Sidekiq – there's a lot of state involved! But there are some promising alternatives that are more lightweight – this one is just Python and SQLite for example https://
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Paying for Mastodon self-hosting as alternative infrastructure choice
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That's one of the reasons I'm paying $9/month for my Mastodon hosting provider – I see it as similar to running your own email server or website hosting
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Mastodon Decentralized Server Model Easier Cheaper Healthier Community
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… which is SO MUCH easier and cheaper if you are running a server with only a few hundred active users Mastodon has been around for 6 years at this point and from dipping in over the past few days seems to be the opposite of a toxic environment – they're doing something right!
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Langchain Python Package Implements Advanced LLM Prompting Techniques
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Cohere Launches Sandbox Open-Source Packages for LLM Development
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We are excited to announce Sandbox, a set of experimental open-source packages on GitHub that give you the tooling, functions, demos, and libraries you need to get started with large language models (LLMs) fast! Dive in https://
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Topically is out! Launch it https://
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Grounded QA: Contextualized Factual Question-Answering Bot Released
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Grounded QA is out! Clone, tweak, and deploy it https://
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PostgreSQL Design Makes Ideal Target Compatible Database Implementations
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Yeah there seem to be things about the specific design and implementation of PostgreSQL that make it a really great target for compatible database implementations
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Mastodon Exceeds Expectations After Six Years Development
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I had low expectations of Mastodon and it has massively exceeded them – it's had six years to iron out the kinks, I was surprised qnd impressed when I set it up yesterday