It’s not possible to use ActivityPub without eventually implementing some of it, is it?
These days I'm wondering about a php-based (or cgi-based) fediverse node (single user or not, depends on how much widespread usage it would get).
Like it or not, the only web technology that is cheaper and more widespread than #PHP is CGI.
Build a fediverse app that could be deployed on off-the-shelf shared hosting (no docker, no vps.. just plain old web hosting) and you'll re-decentralize the #fediverse.
#seppo seems a step in the right direction https://seppo.social/en/support/
@Shamar I’ve seen a couple PHP instances…
… but I never liked “plain old webhosting”, they mostly aren’t run properly. I’m a big fan of having my own server or at least VM.
For sure, a self-hosted server is a better technical solution, but it's also something that require skills.
By leveraging popular (and cheap) web hosting solutions (such as PHP or CGI), the #fediverse might grow more distributed.
Investing in such solution would be a political choice, not a technical one.
@Shamar not sure about that. It would make more instances subjects to few centralised hosters.
But yeah, maybe worth an experiment, though those hosters don’t really have a (one) standardised environment, and it’s not a tech stack I’d personally be comfortable in either.
also, web hosting is a market way less concentrated than the cloud: there are thousands of webhosting providers while a handful of cloud providers own the vast maiority of the market.
@Shamar I’d never even consider “the cloud”
Yet many (most?) of #fediverse projects are distributed as dockerfiles. And most of instances run on VPS...
@Shamar VMs are not quite the same as cloud stuff. GotoSocial is distributed just as binary, as are most of the smaller solutions (if not just as source).