MasterOfTheTiger (QOTO) @MOTT@qoto.org

Theres.life suddenly started working again! I'll be back on my instance.

@vicorva I was trying to make an AI that sounded lifeless, so it referred to itself in the third person and present tense.

@vicorva When I was writing my nanowrimo book, I kept doing that because I was doing a special effect with a specific character.

Good night Mastodon! I really hope I can fix my #Mastodon #instance soon. 😬

@dansup Good morning! How are you this evening (that's my time LOL)

How do I backup the database of a Mastodon instance using docker (especially when I can't start Mastodon with docker).

@fribbledom
Yeah. I broke my Mastodon instance trying to enable polls. I found out I don't know as much about git as I thought I did...
@Chaos_99@mastodon.technology

@dansup What exactly is Laravel in a sentence or two?

@dansup I built a simple chatroom with PHP (using text files). So I know some. I also am building the backend of another program in PHP.

It is just that Mastodon and diaspora* both use Ruby on Rails.

How do you recommend me learning PHP sufficient enough to build a project? I also have to learn Databasing...

@dansup Wait, is PHP the best language for something like this (in your opinion).

I would like to try developing something that would allow people to create accounts, upload information about themselves, and possible share data with each other via APIs.

Whether or not I actually do the actual programming or not, I am going to see if I can write up some specs for it.

But if I were to write it, what language is best for web apps with users like that?

@freemo I kinda was doing something I should have (I guess I don't have proper understanding of git). Simply put, I keep getting weird apt errors and stuff. I installed with docker according to this guide:

https://www.linode.com/docs/applications/messaging/install-mastodon-on-ubuntu-1604/

Can I do a completely different install process and not loose any data? Just wipe everything on the software side and reconnect it to the database and everything will be fine?

I can't even reinstall Mastodon for some reason. 😬 I don't know what to do now.

@vicorva Me too. I hope that maybe reinstalling Mastodon will work (since it is separate from the database).

@vicorva Good morning! I wish I had good news right now. (My mastodon instance died)

I need help very soon. @freemo?

Okay. I am extremely frustrated. How do I fix a Mastodon installation? Can I delete it and redo it without loosing any data?

Woah, some people here have a lot of toots.