TwitLonger

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[TwitLonger @twitlonger]

@Depoetic Me too!

[TwitLonger @twitlonger]

@Depoetic Getting there. At the point where I just need to tidy a few things up, then it will be a soft launch without open sign up (so invitation only) for a while just to iron out any bugs.

[TwitLonger @twitlonger]

In a shock to everyone, including and especially myself, I made good progress on getting things moving again.

Please cross your fingers the momentum continues.

[TwitLonger @twitlonger]

@viboof I promise I haven't. My continued failure to summon the mental wellbeing to get it up and running is as devastating to me as anyone else.

[TwitLonger @twitlonger]

@justii67 Yeah, it will. Except I'm not making the mistake of shackling it to another service this time.

[TwitLonger @twitlonger]

So, yeah, completely missed my (self-imposed) deadline for new version. Real Job™ was very hectic the last month.

Resolved to get time over the next couple of weeks to get on top of this.

[TwitLonger @twitlonger]

@sukoshi_kaze Eventually. The focus right now is getting the new version up and running, then working out the best option to host the several hundred gigabytes that is legacy posts.

[TwitLonger @twitlonger]

*taps mic*

Hello? Is this thing on?

Coming soon: https://t.co/iNr6cMjn19

[TwitLonger @twitlonger]

Currently looking for a regularly updated list of AI scraper bots to disallow in the robots.txt file, because that’s a thing we have to worry about now, while also trying not to block useful bots 🙃

[TwitLonger @twitlonger]

For the avoidance of doubt, the “new” TwitLonger isn't some company that takes over abandoned apps and “relaunches” them to suck up personal data for advertising and AI training. It's still just the same single person, doing this as a (sometimes) fun side project.

[TwitLonger @twitlonger]

Just covering all bases.

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[TwitLonger @twitlonger]

@SonicCD_JP_OST Because about ten years ago that’s what the site looked like and I never updated the logo 😂

[TwitLonger @twitlonger]

Tried using DALL-E to get some inspiration for a new icon.🙃

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[TwitLonger @twitlonger]

Quick update on where development of new TwitLonger is on my local development system:

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And still to be done…

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🚫 Add additional passkeys

🚫 Account recovery

🚫 Account deletion

🚫 Post deletion

🚫 Security hardening

🚫 Beta server deployment

[TwitLonger @twitlonger]

At that point of development where the hard bits are done, and it’s mostly filling out the functionality and polishing the roughest edges.

Of course, the deployment and dealing with servers bit still has to come 🤢

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@BorisRobloxian By all means do for your own peace of mind, but the very first thing I built for the new version was making sure old posts will still be available at their original URLs.

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Update on what’s next: https://t.co/TjS45IKzUr

(tl;dr: I’m not planning to go anywhere, but do need a little more time for what’s next)

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Do you know what passkeys are?