Haunted Waters
Halloween is my favorite holiday. It never fails to make me nostalgic for all kinds of things from my past. This year in particular, I’ve been reflecting on some of those experiences.
Halloween is my favorite holiday. It never fails to make me nostalgic for all kinds of things from my past. This year in particular, I’ve been reflecting on some of those experiences.
In my last post, I discussed how Bluesky’s ATProtocol made automation with IFTTT and Zapier nearly impossible. Fortunately, at least in Zapier’s case, “almost” was the operative word. I found a couple of extremely useful JavaScript chunks on the Zapier forums that provided the bedrock for a subsequent solution. And now, viola! When I post to Mastodon, a matching post is made automatically to Bluesky… with some caveats. But let’s start with the fundamentals of this Zap.
Twitter is dying, but which of the three biggest replacement options will reign supreme? I explore one of those services — Bluesky — in depth. (Spoiler: I still prefer Mastodon.)