George DornWonambi will be a feature-compatible Mastodon backend in Python/Django, aimed at scaling down as well as up. One deploy target is a free-tier VPS host to run a turn-key instance for a single user or small group.
Two of us have plodded away at it for a few weeks, and at this rate we'll have an MVP version in a month or so. But we're both unemployed ex-corp burnouts.
How far along should we be before making a bigger announcement and setting up a Patreon/KoFi/etc?
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