Casey LissFeb 1, 2023
If you're looking to get posts from my blog here in the fediverse, I [think I've successfully] set up @caseylisscom to do exactly that.
Show threadCasey Liss
For those asking about auto-posting to Mastodon, I added [ugly] code to my bespoke blog engine to make a Mastodon API call directly.
Feb 1, 2023 at 8:12pmIvory for Mac
Show threadJonathan LaCourFeb 1, 2023

@caseyliss you are the second person today I get to recommend Bridgy Fed to :)

https://fed.brid.gy/

Would make it easy for your website to become a first-class Mastodon citizen!

Bridgy Fed

Bridgy Fed is a bridge between decentralized social networks like the fediverse, Bluesky, and web sites and blogs.

Show threadJack WellbornFeb 1, 2023
@caseyliss Hey there, ugly Mastodon API code buddy!
Show threadRiley Testut Feb 1, 2023
@caseyliss GitHub link or it didn’t happen
Show threadCasey LissFeb 1, 2023
@rileytestut But you see the idea is *not* to remove all doubt I'm bad at writing code. 🙃
Show threadRiley Testut Feb 1, 2023
@caseyliss pssh I’d only question your skills if you posted *immaculate* code 😛 bad code makes the world go round!
Show threadCasey LissFeb 1, 2023

@rileytestut You should see this [unrelated] shitheap I'm in the midst of writing right now.

(Turns out Swift's Decodable is 😗👌🏻... until you have a heterogenous array, and then it gets real ugly real fast.)

Show threadRiley Testut Feb 1, 2023

@caseyliss oooof I can relate 😅 Was doing something similar recently (serializing NSError + userInfo via Codable) and ended up using an enum to represent heterogenous userInfo values…but it’s very boilerplate-y and doesn’t support arbitrary types https://github.com/rileytestut/AltStore/blob/0eeee699148d639d3fa4f9a061ac80d7850e5c38/Shared/Server%20Protocol/CodableError.swift#L24

If only `AnyCodable` was a thing 🙃

AltStore/CodableError.swift at 0eeee699148d639d3fa4f9a061ac80d7850e5c38 · rileytestut/AltStore

AltStore is an alternative app store for non-jailbroken iOS devices. - AltStore/CodableError.swift at 0eeee699148d639d3fa4f9a061ac80d7850e5c38 · rileytestut/AltStore

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Show threadRhys MorganFeb 2, 2023

@rileytestut @caseyliss Funny you should say that! There is an “AnyCodable” library here. I think most apps I’ve built use it, via OpenAPI Generator.

https://github.com/Flight-School/AnyCodable

GitHub - Flight-School/AnyCodable: Type-erased wrappers for Encodable, Decodable, and Codable values

Type-erased wrappers for Encodable, Decodable, and Codable values - GitHub - Flight-School/AnyCodable: Type-erased wrappers for Encodable, Decodable, and Codable values

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Show threadPhilip Mallegol-HansenFeb 2, 2023
@caseyliss @rileytestut But you’re not. You made working software, whilst the rest of us didn’t 😉
Show threadAwaxFeb 1, 2023
@caseyliss as one does
Show threadDanny WhittFeb 1, 2023
@caseyliss “ugly” is just a state of mind – it’s in production now, where it will remain forever.
Show threadsayrerFeb 1, 2023

@caseyliss even more convincingly, I was looking into that kind of stuff, and thought "I need it to post to Mastodon, I don't want to deal with that".

I think it will be micro.blog

Show threadKris LinquistFeb 1, 2023
@caseyliss I use botsin.space for my Mastodon bot (@bettercaltrain). Used the “mastodon-api” nodejs module. All I needed was the API key and API URL.