@Edent what's so bad about <div> ... or: Why do you want to avoid them?

[t54r4n1@mspsocial.net]

@Edent aw darn I have like one .SVG on ban cars dot club that disqualifies me. shoot. oh I think tramns dot info would work though

[t54r4n1@mspsocial.net]

@Edent oh no html either. well I'm out.

[r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe]

This inspired me to do the same.
My site is now text-first: plain text as the source of truth, HTML only for navigation.
https://4c6e.xyz/

[sonic2k@oldbytes.space]

@Edent
Awesome,
and that kitteh... ooh

[eshep@social.trom.tf]

@r1w1s1
\m/ looks outstanding!
@Edent

[quadradical@wetdry.world]

@Edent I'm not running any, but here are some good ones that I'm aware of, I will be going to most of them:
- Matrix hackathon: https://matrix.org/blog/2025/12/fosdem-presence/
- The Open Source Club meetup here: https://fosdem.org/2026/fringe/
- https://bytenight.brussels/
- https://luma.com/6qi5dpkb

[edent@mastodon.social]

@QuadRadical Thanks!

[rachel@norfolk.social]

@Edent I’m still to work out the difference between meshtastic (the first one?) and meshcore.
Do they even speak to each other?

[boxly@hachyderm.io]

@Edent meshcore -> better for highly congested city centres. Meshtastic -> better for long range rural

[edent@mastodon.social]

@boxly which one do you use?

[warteschleife@troet.cafe]

@rachel @Edent Unfortunately, they don't understand each other.

[edent@mastodon.social]

@rachel :shrug emoji with confused eyes:

[krahabors@toot.lv]

@Edent Meshcore.
It actually works;
It is actually open, does not belong to branding fanatics.

[dan@mastodon.durrans.com]

@Edent In the UK I went with MeshCore as the network is busier and has more chatter. Mesttastic feels a bit dead (in my area).

I would hesitate to consider it for emergency use. I guess if there is nothing else, but it feels like there are other alternatives (e.g. just using a basic radio for voice) that would be better.

It is fun though.

[edent@mastodon.social]

@krahabors thanks. Any particular device you recommend?

[edent@mastodon.social]

@dan ta! Mind if I ask what kit you're using?

[boxly@hachyderm.io]

@Edent I mainly use meshtastic, I'm out in the countryside so being able to bounce off more repeaters is beneficial. The good thing is though that most hardware will run both, you can refresh via usb webserial in seconds. I'm building a meshtastic hexpansion for EMF this year too hopefully!

[edent@mastodon.social]

@boxly I'd be very interested in chatting at EMF 🙂

[resiliencetheatre@infosec.exchange]

@Edent For me it has been Meshtastic. I am not building city wide infrastructure. I need close proximity communication with self forming. And meshcore is not fully open.

[bekopharm@indieweb.social]

@Edent all work. It depends mostly on what's available in your area. You could e.g. check with https://ttnmapper.org/heatmap/

The rest is IMHO just technicalities - like choosing what Linux distribution to use.

Personally I run some public #LoRa access points registered with https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/

You may also totally run your private system for the sensors in/near your house. @apalrd has a nice video ott: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWF6Qm7JhJU

Many solutions speak multiple stacks nowadays too 🤷