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I just came across this, and was wondering if anyone out there in the Fediverse has given it a spin? It looks very interesting to me as a more private and secure alternative to Discord. I'd primarily be using it for my gaming group, and one question I can't seem to find the answer to is whether or not the voice chat has push-to-talk. Beyond that, what does everyone think of this?

PostgreSQL 18 had its first release candidate on September 4, 2025, and went GA three weeks later. As I write this, on September 14, 2026, PostgreSQL 19 has no release candidate date. It has a fourth beta scheduled for September 24, a commit freeze for that beta on September 19, and a stated goal of GA “by the end of October.” In the last three weeks it has lost two of the features that headlined every “what’s new in 19” post written since June, including mine. On August 31, Bruce Momjian wrote on -hackers that “it feels we are in an unprecedented situation here.” A week later, Joshua Drake proposed moving the release to spring 2027. Nobody took him up on it. Nobody laughed, either.

This is not a “PostgreSQL is falling apart” post. The project reverts things late every year; the PostgreSQL 11 cycle had a scariest-patch tournament of its own, and WAIT FOR took a decade and three reverts to land. But 19 is different in degree.

I responded to someone in comments on a post that may not get as much visibility, and wanted to share something that might help some others who are newer or unfamiliar.

I referenced Quad9 DNS as probably one of the best private DNS you can use, Swiss based, no log, no tracking, no data to sell, etc. They also implement DNSSEC, DoH, DoT, QUIC, ECS (which you may or may bot want), malware blocking, content filtering, and maybe something else I'm forgetting.

Many DNS sinkhole apps, OSes, or systems can actually utilize Quad9 for your resolver while those systems also block ads. Below is my functional list of systems that I'm aware of, though I haven't tested everything. I believe all are considered FOSS, too. If you don't have a spare Raspberry Pi laying around, try running in HomeAssistant, Yunohost, ZimaOS (previously CasaOS), or others.

DNS sinkhole (Adblocking) apps:

1. Pihole
2. eBlocker
3. Technitium
4. AdGuard
5. uBlock Origin

Feel free to comment and add your own I'm maybe not aware of. I'm no software engineer, but I can read through some code, though not an expert, nor have combed through these personally. Usually I've tested/run at the recommendation of others over the years before my ban on Reddit (for shitting on AI).

Hope this helps!!

Speak up on this. Boycott aggressively. Let people know you don't support Cloudflare, Shopify, 37signals, Dell, 1Password, Framework, Block, Coinbase, Dropbox, TapTap, and any other company enabling the spread of dangerous and harmful political ideologies that will continue to result in further violence and death. And let people know the harm these companies are actively doing.

We cannot allow this to continue; we must be far more proactive and assertive in our fight against the normalization of fascism and the far right. We must be willing to sacrifice ease and convenience, and we must be willing to sever all connections with these entities.

A quick update on SSH Pilot, a free, opensource SSH, SFTP client I've been working on.

A new version is out with new features, aimed at meeting all your SSH/SFTP needs in a clean, user-friendly interface.

Just double-press the Shift key and all your hosts and management tools are at your fingertips. The tools include graphical frontends for SFTP, SCP, SSH-COPY-ID, Known Hosts, Authorized Keys as well as Docker containers.

Th app also supports backups to Bitwarden/Vaultwarden and restoring on other devices.

Downloads for Linux and macOS are available at https://github.com/mfat/sshpilot#download

Flatpak users can install from Flathub.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/49607788

Hi everyone,

I wanted to share a project I recently started working on called Tend (Android app built to help you automate the scheduling of your social life).

The idea originally came from a discussion on r/fossdroid about how hard it is to keep in touch with friends and extended family without relying on bloated, cloud-based business CRMs.

Most "Personal CRM" apps require you to upload your contacts to a random server. I wanted something that was 100% offline, private, and simple.

What it does

You can think of it as setting up cron jobs for your relationships.

• Contact Cards: Create dedicated profiles for people you want to keep up with (Name, notes, phone, socials, etc.).
• Custom Frequency: Set a "check-in" schedule (e.g., every 14 days, monthly, quarterly).
• Smart Reminders: The app will notify you when it's time to reach out.
• 100% Offline: Everything is stored locally on your device via SQLite/Room. No accounts, no telemetry, no cloud sync.

Since this is in the initial development phase, I’m looking for feedback on the features and the UI.

Repository

GitHub: https://github.com/jksalcedo/tend Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/jksalcedo/tend

I like to create a list of top 10/5 for fun and I was trying to create a list of top 10 softwares.

Conditions are

• Foss
• No OS or compiler or any extremely low level.
• Also no languages, framework or library or anything which is used to develop software.
• Must work on desktop

my list so far is

1. rclone
2. yt-dlp
3. keepaasxc
4. ripgrep,
5. Thunderbird

I already list some in my previous blogs so can't repeat them so below ones are that good but cant include them in list

1. git
2. ffmpeg
3. openssh

Note: These things are subjective so it can be confusing but we atleast we get to share what we like and it promotes healthy discussion

I am a member of a + 30 people team and most API clients we used felt like they were built for a different job than what we actually did (testing endpoints, maintaining API docs and making sure that new versions of the API matches with out docs). Our team lives in Git, and our docs always drift away from the actual requests inside Postman. The fear I kept hearing when discussing with the team and other devs was "I don't need another bloated API tool".

So we built and open sourced Voiden a few months ago: an offline API tool where requests live as executable markdown and are versioned in Git.

The original idea and inspiration is to combine the flexibility of Obsidian-style files with the simplicity of curl. The result is a tool in which everything can be composed with blocks (endpoint, auth, params, body) that can be added, reused, overridden, and stitched together across executable markdown files.

Results so far: Since open sourcing, we got +12K installs, +1K stars on guthub plus a lot of feedback and contributions.

What it does today:

• REST, GraphQL, gRPC, WebSockets (as plugins, install only what you need)
• Ability to compose Requests with API blocks. Reuse, Replace & Version everything just like code.
• Postman and OpenAPI import so you don't redo years of work Built-in terminal
• Pre/post request scripting in JS, Python or Shell
• A batch runner for chaining .void files with env selection and stop-on-failure
• Agent-friendly CLI, works with Claude and Codex skills
• We have also a few features in early access, such as the (much anticipated) CLI runner +more

Looking for feedback and ideas from anyone interested.

Github: https://github.com/VoidenHQ/voiden

Download: https://voiden.md/download

so i never had the money or home space for a proper office or computer desk, so i've always had to run my PC on my HDTV's/etc. because of this, I have never had proper dimming because HDTVs usually disable screen settings for PC connections (at least mine have). So i've always had to choose between bloated/ad-supported/paid apps and smaller clunky apps to achieve screen dimming. well i finally got sick of it and made my own.

ProperDim is a lightweight program that lives in your system tray to manage your screens brightness. its standout features are:

-custom minimum brightness

-hotkeys

-quick-set buttons & a quickdim slider in the system tray

-scheduler for automation

-modern/old school mixed style with an intuitive and minimal design

this is the first program i ever made and to be honest i probably should have started with something more simple--but it's finally finished and I am happy!

GitHub info + download here: https://github.com/crustyoldhuman/ProperDim

cheers