@innocentzero@social.tchncs.de
2026-07-07 04:34 UTC
What's the scene with #activitypub / #fediverse development? Why do I keep hearing that developing software for fedi or ap is a major pain in the butt?
#fediverse #activitypub #programming
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@silverpill@mitra.social 2026-07-09 20:06
@innocentzero@social.tchncs.de That's because real ActivityPub differs from what is written in the W3C specification. Traditionally, development of an ActivityPub application required a lot of reverse-engineering because there were no developer documentation (aside from several blog posts), and no good libraries. This is changing, and today there are several well maintained libraries and a guide for ActivityPub developers: https://codeberg.org/ap-next/ap-next/src/branch/main/guide.md (this is what I am working on)