diff --git a/social coop tech group.md b/social coop tech group.md index 6fcbcd95d..170166460 100644 --- a/social coop tech group.md +++ b/social coop tech group.md @@ -7,98 +7,4 @@ - [[thread]] https://social.coop/web/statuses/108090642475540439 - [[2022-04-08]] - - - Hi all :) - - Let's try to keep communal notes here - - [nick] got involved in social.coop during a crisis long ago - - saved it from going offline, stabilized for a bit - - then david and noah came onboard - - not very active in the instance as of late - - periodic emergencies - - certificate renewal - - trying to empower others to join in, but don't have capacity for being really active again for now - - in the UK (Bath) - - side note: gender imbalance here pretty obvious - - (what do we do about this?) - - [akshay] been on social.coop for ~1y - - mostly lurking :) - - saw the certificate thing happen, thought maybe I can help - - ops + software development experience - - based in Berlin, originally from India - - [idmyn] == David - - being in the instance for ~4y - - joined around the same time the nicks rescued the instance - - based in UK - - doing some tech bits with Noah for a while, then dropped off -- mostly here to offer any knowledge that is singly homed in brain :) - - focus areas: - - wiki - - meet.coop registration form in the wiki - - [flancian] == Eduardo - - living in switzerland - - joined a couple of years ago, but not that involved until recently - - when recent cert issue happened felt rusty but perhaps they could help out - - SRE recently, linux experience - - not sure if recent experience is relevant but willing to learn! - - [edsu] == ed summers - - been around for ~4y - - use the instance quite a bit, notice when it goes down -- thank you nick for bringing it back every time! - - is invested so would love to know more, learn - - software developer background, mostly web. working mainly with libraries (in the organization sense) which have digital repositories and a web presence. - - love the idea of pitching in to help and this group being a coop. - - [datatitian] == Will - - joined in 2017 - - got involved with the tech group back then but didn't have a lot of specific experience; now would be interested in trying again - - working on immers.space which is activitypub based - - [nick sellen] love how the recent disruption has served to get people together, shows how as long as we have fundamental organization we can channel energy in the right direction :) - - [nick sellen] server access - - there's a thread on loomio to decide who gets server access, we can use that - - https://www.loomio.org/d/jrbG5tue/server-access - - we'd vote people in for access and then people can request assistance/more information as needed - - [nick sellen] - - love the coworking/colearning model - - really enjoyed learning about the background of others just now - - [flancian] is there a 'root node' for tech docs/etc.? - - [nick sellen] https://git.coop/social.coop/tech/operations - - assumes social.coop email addresses, but this can be worked around with aliases (check) - - we use pass - - [flancian] I see we have one server -- do we have a backup server? do we have backup+restore processes? - - [david] we have database backups but unclear when they have been tested - - [flancian] what about using this as an exercise in which the "new wave" of admins is tasked with setting up a new server off backups and such? - - [akshay] what's this sauce repo mentioned? - - [nick sellen] the other nick named it after 'special sauce' - - in principle it could be all consolidated into ansible - - docker compose setup - - the update process involves touching the sauce repo which then somehow results in updates configs making it to prod - - [akshay] love automation, been doing this for the past few years for employers - - [datatitian] thinking of oncall schedules for the group -- need not be too granular - - [flancian] +1, plus having a secondary/backup would make for a simplified learning experience - - [edsu] would love to join a rotation - - [edsu] the instance feels pretty stable though, it's a challenge when problems only come about too sporadically - - [edsu] perhaps other working groups within the coop might be interested in other tools we could provide for them? - - [datatitian] there's been a long term interest in bridging loomio and mastodon - - [edsu] issue tracker for FRs? - - [flancian] git.coop? - - [akshay] if access to git.coop is limited, that would be a bit exclusive - - [edsu] loomio might also be a good platform for this - - [nick sellen] love the idea about building bridges -- and the oncall sharing - - [edsu] how did you notice the recent instance problem? - - [nick sellen] I do use it often enough :) also keep up to date with matrix. - - (wrap up round) - - [nick sellen] happy with this meet, would like to support everyone any way I can - - next steps: next call next week - - happy to receive more questions over matrix/mastodon/loomio - - [akshay] already have a git.coop account, would like access to ansible/sauce if possible to see how this works :) - - [david] happy to see new and familiar faces! - - won't be able to make the other call but will stay reachable and happy to answer questions and assist - - [flancian] thank you for social.coop! happy to meet you all - - will read docs, think about where to focus - - please feel free to pull me in if you need work on any particular direction - - [edsu] happy to meet all, would love to learn more about side projects that people have here - - would like to learn more about mastodon - - do have a git.coop account already, will take a look -- have used ansible before - - will tune in next week - - [datatitian] will start coordinating on loomio focusing on the oncall schedule - - [flancian] framadate: https://framadate.org/social-coop-tech-group - - (this is also on https://anagora.org/social-coop-tech-group, where I keep my notes) - - [akshay] how to join in loomio? - - (people apply) - \ No newline at end of file