New Handmade Revolt server admin (and other exciting news)

Mariano Uvalle is our server admin. You may reach the author at mariano@handmadecities.com

Hey once again!

Earlier today, Abner and I finished all the logistics related to the server handoff. I can now proudly say that I’m your new server admin!

You can expect (at most) weekly updates from me regarding Handmade Revolt development as well as interesting pieces of content posted in the server by all of you.

In addition to organizing development, I also have access to the infrastructure running our server and will be playing the sysadmin role. You can reach out to me with any suggestions/requests/complaints.

Now onto the news!

Web client fork

We forked the upstream web client code to https://git.handmadecities.com/HMC/handmade-revolt/src/branch/handmade. The initial plan is to address bugs and implement new features that only involve client-side code. We might also fork the server code in the future.

The next step is to set up Gitea action runners in the new HMC org, and wire it up to our new handmadecities shared Docker Hub account. Once that’s out of the way I’ll move on to new feature work.

Native client

Margret (aka nobodywasishere, and our Boston meetup host) started exploring the idea of developing a native client from scratch. You can read more about it in her blog

Year of Linux

Could this be the year of the Linux desktop? Hard to say… But interest in Linux has definitely grown within the community, so much so that we now have a dedicated #Year of Linux channel. Whatever your level of Linux interest and experience is, feel free to drop by and chat with us.

If you’re running Linux and have an extra second, give us the deets by filling out the shared spreadsheet at https://handmadecities.com/linux (thanks Abner!)

Call for contributors

If you have TypeScript knowledge (or you’d like to learn) and want to contribute to make our experience better, please reach out!

If you observe a bug or there’s a feature you’d like to see, also drop me a note. Let’s make something great together!

All the best,
Mariano.