<![CDATA[I promised it, so here it is.]]>I promised it, so here it is. This is a recording of littleFedi running on a Raspberry Pi Zero W on NetBSD.

Everything is on the SD card, the database is SQLite, and caching is enabled.

Personally, I won't comment on responsiveness or anything else; I'll just say that when I use it (both via the web interface and with apps like MastoBlaster or IceCubes), I find it hard to believe what kind of hardware it's running on.

Users' sessions (by default, a maximum of 8 users but configurable) are kept "warm" with every interaction or federated activity for 15 minutes since the last login; after that, the server enters "low power mode" and simply processes incoming data without activating the (users' timelines, etc.) cache.

We don't need to get ripped off for more powerful hardware, which comes with outrageous costs these days.

We just need to optimize and build efficient software.

Abundance led to waste.

]]>https://forum.pierobosio.it/topic/5b6ed445-4f00-4ed8-b0e3-1b1da9f0210b/i-promised-it-so-here-it-is.RSS for NodeMon, 06 Jul 2026 18:06:17 GMTMon, 06 Jul 2026 08:15:36 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I promised it, so here it is. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:34:13 GMT]]>@stefano Yeah, agreed. I bought 3 Pi 5's just before the "ramp of insanity". I can't really help people who have bad timing here...

]]>https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://autistics.life/users/d1/statuses/116873996095735276https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://autistics.life/users/d1/statuses/116873996095735276Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:34:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I promised it, so here it is. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:32:46 GMT]]>@d1 RPI5 is a nice machine, but current prices are insane

]]>https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/stefano/statuses/116873990427566455https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/stefano/statuses/116873990427566455Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:32:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I promised it, so here it is. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:31:59 GMT]]>@stefano I 100% agree with your sentiment about efficiency, however any time you subject end users to delays of over 1 second *for anything*, you sort of break their "flow"; they can lose their train of thought easily. Like you're "de-railing" their trains of thought, for some excruciating gains in efficiency that perhaps have gone a little too far.

My personal standard for any sort of *server* is a Raspberry Pi 5 and up (and I have a couple of Pi 4 "legacy" servers as well, doing more menial tasks). IMHO, with the advent of the Pi 5, that's when the power supply crossed the line of sensibility, and became enough for attaching any and all external USB drives (SATA 2.5" drives in enclosures) I was wanting, and also NVMe is available.

I run a server on a Pi 5, with an NVMe, BTW.

]]>https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://autistics.life/users/d1/statuses/116873987303650672https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://autistics.life/users/d1/statuses/116873987303650672Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:31:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I promised it, so here it is. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:02:08 GMT]]>@chris thanks!

]]>https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/stefano/statuses/116873634037458462https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/stefano/statuses/116873634037458462Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:02:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I promised it, so here it is. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:44:22 GMT]]>@stefano beautiful!!

]]>https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/users/chris/statuses/116873564157942658https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/users/chris/statuses/116873564157942658Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:44:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I promised it, so here it is. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:40:22 GMT]]>
CC: @stefano@bsd.cafe
]]>https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://social.wittamore.fr/philip/p/1783348822.314749https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://social.wittamore.fr/philip/p/1783348822.314749Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:40:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I promised it, so here it is. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:27:25 GMT]]>@stefano awesome

]]>https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://mastodont.cat/users/ferrebam/statuses/116873497477926431https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://mastodont.cat/users/ferrebam/statuses/116873497477926431Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:27:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I promised it, so here it is. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:11:21 GMT]]>@stefano
Sorry my mistake

]]>https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://wehavecookies.social/users/post_reader/statuses/116873434363270236https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://wehavecookies.social/users/post_reader/statuses/116873434363270236Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:11:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I promised it, so here it is. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 13:52:24 GMT]]>Abundance led to waste.
An interesting conclusion, given that it didn't happen when Personal Computers became abundant, but when companies started using them to sell products. Every fire leads to ash, but not every fire is currently burning your house down.]]>https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://fedicy.us.to/cy/p/1783345944.277546https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://fedicy.us.to/cy/p/1783345944.277546Mon, 06 Jul 2026 13:52:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I promised it, so here it is. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 13:45:19 GMT]]>@fedops I’d say admins hate the devs that have 0 knowledge on database past ˋSELECT *ˋ 😆

@stefano @paul

]]>https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://gts.tumfatig.net/users/joel/statuses/01KWVTT6P4F9XGN7CZQH8N5JGShttps://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://gts.tumfatig.net/users/joel/statuses/01KWVTT6P4F9XGN7CZQH8N5JGSMon, 06 Jul 2026 13:45:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I promised it, so here it is. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:48:45 GMT]]>@stefano
of course!

]]>https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://mastodon.nl/ap/users/115978162242760377/statuses/116872873583828659https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://mastodon.nl/ap/users/115978162242760377/statuses/116872873583828659Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:48:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I promised it, so here it is. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:47:57 GMT]]>@fd0 sure, I am. But I need to test it in a very constrained environment.

]]>https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/stefano/statuses/116872870460403230https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/stefano/statuses/116872870460403230Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:47:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I promised it, so here it is. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:46:55 GMT]]>@stefano not afraid of any wear on de SD card?

]]>https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://mastodon.nl/ap/users/115978162242760377/statuses/116872866427076715https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://mastodon.nl/ap/users/115978162242760377/statuses/116872866427076715Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:46:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I promised it, so here it is. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:45:26 GMT]]>@fd0 thanks!

]]>https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/stefano/statuses/116872860568855564https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/stefano/statuses/116872860568855564Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:45:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I promised it, so here it is. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:44:55 GMT]]>@fd0 here I’m using the slow SD card. A raspberry pi 3 would surely give excellent performance.

The code isn’t ready to be distributed, yet. But I think it won’t be too long.

]]>https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/stefano/statuses/116872858547753645https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/stefano/statuses/116872858547753645Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:44:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I promised it, so here it is. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:34:54 GMT]]>@nuintari yeah, to @stefano 's point - abundance creates waste.

@paul

]]>https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/fedops/statuses/116872819149087748https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/fedops/statuses/116872819149087748Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:34:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I promised it, so here it is. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:30:53 GMT]]>@stefano
Stefano,

what "disk" hardware do you use?
Is there a full spec available? I have a Pi 3B laying around somewhere...
Would be nice to use that for some testing :-)

]]>https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://mastodon.nl/ap/users/115978162242760377/statuses/116872803376503434https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://mastodon.nl/ap/users/115978162242760377/statuses/116872803376503434Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:30:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I promised it, so here it is. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:28:00 GMT]]>@stefano This looks very c00l!!

]]>https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://mastodon.nl/ap/users/115978162242760377/statuses/116872791988872381https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://mastodon.nl/ap/users/115978162242760377/statuses/116872791988872381Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:28:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I promised it, so here it is. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:23:59 GMT]]>@stefano @fedops @paul The hardware is more powerful, yes.

But software has gotten a might more power hungry at the same time.

]]>https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/nuintari/statuses/116872776237816289https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/nuintari/statuses/116872776237816289Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:23:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I promised it, so here it is. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:23:50 GMT]]>@fedops @stefano oh yeah, super little devices for the right purpose!

]]>https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://notnull.space/users/paul/statuses/01KWVJQ51RQRMXDEF4HS010R0Mhttps://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://notnull.space/users/paul/statuses/01KWVJQ51RQRMXDEF4HS010R0MMon, 06 Jul 2026 11:23:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I promised it, so here it is. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:23:25 GMT]]>@fedops @paul totally agree.

]]>https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/stefano/statuses/116872773992247056https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/stefano/statuses/116872773992247056Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:23:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I promised it, so here it is. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:21:46 GMT]]>@paul yup. Then again, the Pi0 is hundreds of times what a SPARCstation 10 was, and we ran a full Usenet feed plus several hundred concurrent reader connections on one.

@stefano

]]>https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/fedops/statuses/116872767536796401https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/fedops/statuses/116872767536796401Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:21:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I promised it, so here it is. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:20:41 GMT]]>@stefano same. I know that developers like databases but admins hate them.
@paul

]]>https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/fedops/statuses/116872763228886578https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/fedops/statuses/116872763228886578Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:20:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I promised it, so here it is. on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:17:49 GMT]]>@paul @fedops no, not related to snac. It's another project, another team, another idea. Similar idea of minimalism, but still different.

snac is great. Dealing with files, hard links, etc is something I really like and appreciate

]]>https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/stefano/statuses/116872751982512177https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/stefano/statuses/116872751982512177Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:17:49 GMT