It’s been a while, and over the past year I’ve moved and consolidated my Fediverse identities, so it felt like the right time for an updated #introduction.

I began my Fediverse journey on fosstodon.org and mastodon.art. Before long, though, I realized I wanted more control over my online spaces, which led me down the path of running my own instances. Along the way I launched jabber.social (Snikket), fairly.social (Mastodon), and snaps.social (Pixelfed). While I enjoyed building and running them, I eventually recognized that maintaining community servers long-term required more mental bandwidth than I could sustainably give.

That shift ultimately led me to #selfhosting with #YunoHost. The early learning curve—and finding the right VPS—was a bit rough, but once I got past that stage, things settled into a much smoother and more manageable rhythm.

Today, I self-host services for Friendica, BookWyrm, FreshRSS, Wallabag, LinkStack, Matrix, and Prosody, and I’m considering adding a dedicated note-taking app next.

Beyond the infrastructure side of things, I’m an aspiring 2D/3D artist and occasional photographer with a long-standing love of science fiction. Having my own corner of the Fediverse makes it easier to share works in progress, experiments, and ideas—without the pressure that often comes with larger corporate platforms.

Overall, I’m much happier being self-hosted and largely disconnected from corporate social media.