Nostr notes by Marcin Czachurski

Over the past few days, I’ve been implementing grouped photo ...

2026-07-27T15:11:26Z

Over the past few days, I’ve been implementing grouped photo views for cameras, lenses, and film stocks. Today, I deployed this feature to vernissage.photos. “Categories” in the top navigation has been replaced by “Explore,” where you can browse categories, cameras, lenses, and film stocks used to take the photos. This is one of those features you would be hard-pressed to find on other (non-photography-focused) Fediverse platforms. 🤩

This is something I’m currently working on - at least on paper ...

2026-07-19T17:43:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…9u92
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This is something I’m currently working on - at least on paper for now. I need to figure out how to display mentions and direct messages in completely separate views, rather than in the photo timelines. I’ll implement this after the holidays, but first I need to come up with a bulletproof solution. [@_elena](https://mastodon.social/@_elena )

Of course, this could be useful. They probably can’t use it ...

2026-07-03T16:15:02Z

In reply to nevent1q…z3uz
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Of course, this could be useful. They probably can’t use it 1:1, but it can still serve as a good source of inspiration.

In general, the Pixelix (npub19j2…ncm0) developers need to run their own proxy relay that Web Push notifications are sent to. That relay is responsible for holding the private keys. When users enable Web Push notifications, the application should be configured to use the URL of that proxy relay.

This is exactly the same approach used by Mastodon.

Over the last few days I’ve added push notifications to ...

2026-07-03T13:24:30Z

Over the last few days I’ve added push notifications to #Vernissage for iOS. After some initial testing, they’re working really well! I designed it so they work automatically on every instance (including self-hosted ones) without any extra setup, keys, requests, or manual configuration. I’ll keep testing a bit more, and I’m planning to release the new version next week so everyone can use it. 😊

Spent the whole day fixing ActivityPub JSON deserialization for ...

2026-03-19T16:51:42Z

Spent the whole day fixing ActivityPub JSON deserialization for different servers.

You start with:
"this field is probably a string"

and end with:
"this field is apparently a string, an object, an array, an array of objects, or an eldritch combination of all four."

Turns out JSON is less a format and more a negotiation. Now I'm just curious what systems I haven't met yet are storing in "url". Maybe a dictionary with keys like href, vibes, and trust_me_bro..

Oh, I can see there’s a dedicated room: ...

2026-01-12T16:47:49Z

In reply to nevent1q…8gl2
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Oh, I can see there’s a dedicated room: https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/social-web/. Unfortunately, I’m not going. I didn’t know about it earlier, so I didn’t plan for it. Besides, I’m already spending so much out of my own pocket on this whole thing that another expense just isn’t an option.

The only good explanation is probably that I was blind when I did ...

2026-01-12T16:31:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…mc9y
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The only good explanation is probably that I was blind when I did the research on this last year. This is definitely an area for improvement. Thanks for the information about it. 😊Matthias Pfefferle (npub1jwr…7v3w) wakest ⁂ (npub1xse…lgk3)

No, I haven’t submitted it as a FEP yet. I actually wasn’t ...

2026-01-12T11:43:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…4qj7
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No, I haven’t submitted it as a FEP yet. I actually wasn’t aware that extensions like this are supposed to be submitted as FEPs. Do you think it would make sense to submit it? If so, I’m happy to do that.

@npub1xsv…q6he Hello. If you decide to add EXIF metadata ...

2026-01-12T11:02:34Z

Daniel Supernault (npub1xsv…q6he) Hello. If you decide to add EXIF metadata support to #Pixelfed at some point in the future, please note that #Vernissage has introduced an ActivityPub extension for this, described here: https://joinvernissage.org/ns#exif.

Supporting the same extension across both platforms would be highly beneficial for users, who should remain the primary focus 😊.

I’m really happy with the migration of #Vernissage to Angular ...

2025-12-22T21:05:05Z

I’m really happy with the migration of #Vernissage to Angular Material M3. The changes in how these components are used are definitely a big improvement - they’re much easier to work with and customize to my needs now.

Next up, I’ll probably focus on hashtag following. I’m still waiting for a decision from NLnet and really hoping it works out. Getting that grant would help me a lot with many things around #Vernissage 🤞

Today I finally squashed the last bug in Vernissage’s status ...

2025-08-22T14:02:55Z

Today I finally squashed the last bug in Vernissage’s status editing - the updates now make it safely to Mastodon! 🐘✅ After testing, everything looks solid. Next stop: giving users more control over interactions across the Fediverse, with retries when things go wrong and transparent logs to keep the magic a little less mysterious. ✨

Have you never visited vernissage.photos (or any of its pages) ...

2025-05-16T18:55:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…dwup
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Have you never visited vernissage.photos (or any of its pages) before?

This might be caused by the fact that a few weeks ago I changed ...

2025-05-16T18:52:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…cpzs
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This might be caused by the fact that a few weeks ago I changed the location of the files. And it seems that browsers remembered the old CSP settings in such a way that, unfortunately, to load the new ones, it’s necessary to clear the cache for this page in the browser. 😬

Writing something and then deleting it doesn’t erase what was ...

2024-12-21T14:15:47Z

Writing something and then deleting it doesn’t erase what was said. That’s not how it works.

Someone who doesn’t know me, has never seen me, and has never talked to me writes such things about me 🤯.

The last two weeks have been very tough for me. The lawyer who ...

2024-11-21T14:57:57Z

The last two weeks have been very tough for me. The lawyer who was handling my mortgage case left me high and dry. It’s a very stressful situation. On top of that, I’ve had a persistent headache for a few days now. I hate autumn.

Over the weekend, I worked on new features for #Vernissage. I ...

2024-08-26T07:00:14Z

Over the weekend, I worked on new features for #Vernissage. I added support for and verification of XSRF tokens (enhancing the platform’s security). I also added status indicators for various subsystems on the ‘Support’ page. The most significant change, however, is the ability to edit Exif tags when uploading a photo, which is particularly useful for photos taken with analog cameras. Additionally, a new tag, ‘Film,’ has been introduced.