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Rimu

@ rimu @piefed.social

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Web developer. Lead developer of PieFed

  • Does Google hate PieFed?

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  • Thanks, I'll take them for a spin.

  • Does Google hate PieFed?

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  • Maybe, or maybe PieFed is doing RSS wrong. Which reader would you like me to test? Preferably a FOSS one so I can see how that reader is trying to interpret PieFed's output.

  • PieFed v1.7.11 is released - Finding and adding people to follow, posts from RSS feeds and more

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  • It doesn't seem to be working on crust.piefed.social yet, although it was on my dev machine. There might be some issues to iron out, still.

  • PieFed v1.7.11 is released - Finding and adding people to follow, posts from RSS feeds and more

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  • Yes it's restricted. Admins need to enable the functionality by changing a setting and most will not.

    However once that setting is on it's open slather and any mod can add them to their communities. We'll want more granularity than that, probably.

  • PieFed v1.7.11 is released - Finding and adding people to follow, posts from RSS feeds and more

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  • Yeah it's pretty exciting!

    So far it doesn't look like any of the mastodon content is showing up in the Subscribed feed when set to 'Hot', only 'New'. Not sure if this is because Mastodon content gets so much less likes/upvotes or something deeper.

    There is still work to do so PieFed can accept boosted Mastodon posts. I was intending to make the bulk follow code after the boost processing code but it got hard so I didn't.

    If early results are disappointing, don't worry I'm looking into it.

  • Does Google hate PieFed?

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  • I think it's my anti-scraper efforts that have made life very difficult for Google.

    With the development of PieFed's anoobis feature scrapers are no longer a problem so I can look into opening the door to Google's crawler.

  • Why two commruleities?

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  • Maybe you're missing some context. Did you check the link in the screenshot? https://lemmy.world/post/46837717.

    At the start of the convo I was talking about Mia making announcements on behalf of PieFed, which I thought was a really weird thing for her to do. Then I said that I didn't realise she could be considered to be a contributor (her contributions to PieFed up till that point had been extremely minor), which MrKaplan corrected me on.

    It was a pretty chill normal interaction. This taking things out of context and selectively cropping them tactic has been used by the flotilla again and again. It's stuff like that which is why I can't work with them https://join.piefed.social/2026/08/14/open-source-runs-on-good-faith/

  • Electric Vehicles @slrpnk.net
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    First test flight of largest all-electric aircraft used just $5 of electricity

    arstechnica.com /gadgets/2026/08/first-test-flight-of-largest-all-electric-aircraft-used-just-5-of-electricity/

  • PieFed v1.7.11 is released - Finding and adding people to follow, posts from RSS feeds and more

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    PieFed v1.7.11 is released - Finding and adding people to follow, posts from RSS feeds and more

    codeberg.org /rimu/pyfedi/releases/tag/v1.7.11

  • Scorched Harvest: The Strongest El Niño Ever Forecast, the Crops in Its Path, and the Hunger It Will Leave Behind

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  • Just in time for the fertilizer shortage.

  • Why two commruleities?

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  • That doesn't show me intentionally trying to remove it. That's me surprised that the authorship of the cross-posting functionality was preserved.

    The missing authoriship that I did was on the themes.

    As soon as I realised that the author was unhappy about it (a week later), I removed the code from PieFed. Why is that not the end of the issue?

  • Why two commruleities?

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  • Open source runs on good faith

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  • Yeah, you'd think so. But months after it happened people were still casually saying "Rimu stole code from Pylova" so I gave up waiting and just set the record straight.

  • Did PieFed 'steal code' from Pylova? Let's look at what happened

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  • Yes there's a json file for each theme, we could definitely add metadata like author, etc in there. Thanks!

  • Did PieFed 'steal code' from Pylova? Let's look at what happened

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  • Did PieFed 'steal code' from Pylova? Let's look at what happened

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  • That does help very much, thank you!

    it is a requirement that all code that you incorporate from external sources gets attribution headers added to it, so that it is clear to recipients of your work who the original author is and under which license it was given to you (and therefore also to the end-user).

    Looks like that is the key thing, here. My bad.

  • Did PieFed 'steal code' from Pylova? Let's look at what happened

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  • No I couldn't contact them because there had already been so much abuse from them before that, so I'd resolved never to expose myself to them again.

    The basic level of trust required to communicate was gone - https://join.piefed.social/2026/08/14/open-source-runs-on-good-faith/

    In that situation even copying their code was enough to get them all started up again. I really regret that interaction because it gave them another excuse to stir up trouble.

  • PieFed Meta @piefed.social
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    Open source runs on good faith

    join.piefed.social /2026/08/14/open-source-runs-on-good-faith/

  • Did PieFed 'steal code' from Pylova? Let's look at what happened

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  • I have ideas for this. Will let you know if they come to fruition.

  • Did PieFed 'steal code' from Pylova? Let's look at what happened

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  • Hahaha I guess so

  • What PieFed blocks out of the box - and how to unblock it

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  • It makes a perverse kind of sense in the context of the disinformation campaign the flotilla (which Pylova is a part of) was/is running. They desperately needed anything they could to undermine trust in PieFed. Because to them I'm not a human being - they're convinced that I'm a transphobic zionist nazi, so any kind of attack is acceptable to them. A means to an end.

  • PieFed Meta @piefed.social
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    Did PieFed 'steal code' from Pylova? Let's look at what happened

    join.piefed.social /2026/08/14/did-piefed-steal-code-from-pylova-lets-look-at-what-happened/
  • Programming @programming.dev
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    AI Software Development – What Does The Data Say?

    codemanship.wordpress.com /2026/08/12/ai-software-development-what-does-the-data-say/
  • PieFed Meta @piefed.social
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    What PieFed blocks out of the box - and how to unblock it

    join.piefed.social /2026/08/13/what-piefed-blocks-out-of-the-box-and-how-to-unblock-it/
  • Electric Vehicles @slrpnk.net
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    97% of car buyers in Denmark choose electric cars

    thedriven.io /2026/08/11/denmark-joins-norway-at-ev-pinnacle-as-97-per-cent-of-private-buyers-opt-for-electric-cars-in-latest-month/
  • Feminism @beehaw.org
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    ‘We are still here’: a day in the life of 12 Afghan women

    www.theguardian.com /global-development/ng-interactive/2026/aug/11/day-in-the-life-of-12-afghanistan-women-taliban
  • Aotearoa / New Zealand @lemmy.nz
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    'It's amazing': Aucklanders get first look at new City Rail Link station

    www.rnz.co.nz /news/regions/933067/it-s-amazing-aucklanders-get-first-look-at-new-city-rail-link-station
  • PieFed Meta @piefed.social
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    What PieFed's "social credit system" actually does

    join.piefed.social /2026/08/06/what-piefeds-social-credit-system-actually-does/
  • PieFed Meta @piefed.social
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    Hide & mark a post as read without voting on it

  • Crazy Fucking Videos @lemmy.world
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    The futility of existence

  • PieFed Meta @piefed.social
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    Anti-fascist PieFed features

    join.piefed.social /2026/08/04/anti-fascist-piefed-features/
  • PieFed Meta @piefed.social
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    Trans-friendly PieFed features

    join.piefed.social /2026/07/28/trans-friendly-piefed-features/
  • PieFed Meta @piefed.social
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    PieFed 1.7.9 includes Anubis-like scraper blocking

  • PieFed Meta @piefed.social
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    PieFed is 3 years old today

  • Astronomy @mander.xyz
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    See stunning images in this year’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition

    edition.cnn.com /2026/07/24/science/astronomy-photographer-of-the-year-2026
  • World News @beehaw.org
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    New front in US-Iran war escalates as Houthis fire at Saudi oil facilities

    www.aljazeera.com /news/2026/7/26/new-front-in-us-iran-war-escalates-as-houthis-fire-at-saudi-oil-facilities
  • New Communities @lemmy.world
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    ePaper + eInk community

    piefed.social /c/epaper
  • Aotearoa / New Zealand @lemmy.nz
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    How learning te reo Māori in her 70's transformed one Pākehā grandmother's view of Aotearoa

    www.rnz.co.nz /news/te-ao-maori/794950/how-learning-te-reo-maori-in-her-70-s-transformed-one-pakeha-grandmother-s-view-of-aotearoa