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1. Darius Kazemi (darius@friend.camp)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jun-2019 03:01:07 CEST Darius Kazemi

   A year ago I tried learning ActivityPub, and more or less failed. I was confounded by a spec that was so abstract I couldn't make heads or tails of it. Turns out I was missing some key things.

   I have written a guide to learning about ActivityPub that I wish existed a year ago when I first set out to learn how to write social media servers that conform to the spec:

   https://tinysubversions.com/notes/reading-activitypub/

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   • Annika Backstrom (annika@xoxo.zone)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jun-2019 03:14:26 CEST Annika Backstrom

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     @darius I tried reading the spec and felt like someone was gaslighting me. Looking forward to reading your guide!

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   • Darius Kazemi (darius@friend.camp)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jun-2019 03:15:39 CEST Darius Kazemi

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     • Annika Backstrom

     @annika Haha.

     Spec: "It's easy!"

     [Friendly cartoon diagrams]

     Narrator: "It was not easy."

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   • Ekaitz Zárraga 👹 (ekaitz_zarraga@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jun-2019 10:50:17 CEST Ekaitz Zárraga 👹

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     @darius I don't know if you want this kind of promotion but it would be nice to share it with the authors (who are here in the fediverse) so they can get some constructive criticism.
     I'm sure at least Chris (he's the only one I interacted with) is going to get this well. He really focuses on writing stuff well and comprehensively.

     I didn't tag them to let you decide if you want to or not. They are probably going to see it anyway. :)

     BTW: I really like the way you tackle it. Congrats.