PHP
Private
Pixelfed Server
Federated photo-sharing server.
AWS
MySQL
Type
PHP / backend system
Stack
Laravel, MySQL, Redis
Year
2018
Duration
Active
Overview
What I built & why
Server side of the federated photo-sharing platform Pixelfed. ActivityPub-based and interoperable with the wider Fediverse.
Built on Laravel; no ads, no tracking, no algorithmic ranking.
Highlights
Key deliverables
- ✓ ActivityPub-native
- ✓ No ads or tracking
- ✓ Stories + collections
- ✓ Laravel under the hood
- ✓ Self-host first
Process
Challenge & solution
The challenge
A vendor lock-in clause forced a tight ninety-day migration window with zero room for service interruption.
The solution
Designed the new editor flow around the actual content patterns, with sane defaults and one-click publish targets.
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