Project lead on https://Conversations.im & https://Ltt.rs · Council Chair & Editor, #XMPP Standards Foundation · 2.9W/kg · Flat white socialist · Defying Gravity · […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://gultsch.social/@daniel, follow @ap.brid.gy to interacthttps://bsky.app/profile/daniel.gultsch.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/daniel.gultsch.social/post/3muoqdr7dws42I'm getting out the good streaming setup for today's 29th XMPP Summit. ☺️04 Sep 2026 10:17 +0000at://did:plc:oyma3b5eclwp6dfup2e5wbgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3muoqdr7dws42https://bsky.app/profile/daniel.gultsch.social/post/3muoi4zuheb72RE: https://gultsch.social/@daniel/117195237916916162 If you are excited about my upcoming talk on #XMPP, I encourage you to read my essay, “Jabber/XMPP: 25 Years of Digital Independence” (if you haven’t already). The talk will be more technical in nature, but the essay hits on similar topics […] [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Sep 2026 07:50 +0000at://did:plc:oyma3b5eclwp6dfup2e5wbgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3muoi4zuheb72https://bsky.app/profile/daniel.gultsch.social/post/3muh6klspovl2I have been invited to the “Datenspuren” conference in Dresden to speak about Jabber/XMPP and 25 years of digital independence. The talk is going to be in German, but I've submitted an English version to other conferences. https://talks.datenspuren.de/ds26/talk/GF8KMU/01 Sep 2026 10:10 +0000at://did:plc:oyma3b5eclwp6dfup2e5wbgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3muh6klspovl2https://bsky.app/profile/daniel.gultsch.social/post/3muej7ns72mf2The Italian email, XMPP, and blog hosting provider Autistici/Inventati has been designated a “global terrorist” and put on a sanctions list by the US regime, which, among other things, will severely limit their access to financial systems. https://www.inventati.org/campaign/press #Jabber #XMPP […] https://gultsch.social/@daniel/11718923331762505131 Aug 2026 08:43 +0000at://did:plc:oyma3b5eclwp6dfup2e5wbgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3muej7ns72mf2https://bsky.app/profile/daniel.gultsch.social/post/3mty24jjqfjj2RE: https://gultsch.social/@daniel/117151276111833796 Something that bothers me about the push for digital sovereignty is that a lot of it seems to be motivated by nationalism and anti-American sentiment. That's why we need standards and federation, so instead of just switching to an instant […] [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Aug 2026 09:41 +0000at://did:plc:oyma3b5eclwp6dfup2e5wbgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mty24jjqfjj2https://bsky.app/profile/daniel.gultsch.social/post/3mttnsqs54qw2I wrote a blog post on Jabber/XMPP and 25 years of digital independence. https://gultsch.de/posts/25-years-of-digital-independence/ It shares a title with my upcoming talk and touches on similar themes around open standards, collective ownership, and avoiding vendor lock-in. However, it is an […] https://gultsch.social/@daniel/11715127611183379624 Aug 2026 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:oyma3b5eclwp6dfup2e5wbgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttnsqs54qw2https://bsky.app/profile/daniel.gultsch.social/post/3mtqjcqn46ec2After a full conference season of talking about #UnifiedPush, I’m now preparing a talk on XMPP again. I haven’t presented on XMPP in a while because I didn’t feel like a lot was happening. That’s changing now. #Jabber #XMPP23 Aug 2026 09:51 +0000at://did:plc:oyma3b5eclwp6dfup2e5wbgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqjcqn46ec2https://bsky.app/profile/daniel.gultsch.social/post/3mtjqrcyi5v42RE: https://fosstodon.org/@xmpp/117123487150836382 In addition to our regular summits in Brussels in January, we are doing an online-only summit this year. Our aim is to dramatically reduce the barrier to entry for international members of our community and anyone who would otherwise struggle […] https://gultsch.social/@daniel/11712896594600637120 Aug 2026 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:oyma3b5eclwp6dfup2e5wbgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjqrcyi5v42https://bsky.app/profile/daniel.gultsch.social/post/3mtirodyqeno2With Google closing down the #Android ecosystem more and more, I think there is a lesson to be learned about relying on something that is technically open source but largely controlled by a single company. That’s why I would be very careful building something on top of #Matrix.20 Aug 2026 08:00 +0000at://did:plc:oyma3b5eclwp6dfup2e5wbgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtirodyqeno2https://bsky.app/profile/daniel.gultsch.social/post/3mtir5bh5wg22RE: https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/117057099753905023 I used to have a lot of brand loyalty for Google smartphones. I started out with a Galaxy Nexus in 2011 and now use a Pixel 9 Pro. I guess I need to hold on to my current phone until postmarketOS becomes usable on Fairphones. https://grapheneos.social/users/GrapheneOS/statuses/11705709975390502320 Aug 2026 07:50 +0000at://did:plc:oyma3b5eclwp6dfup2e5wbgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtir5bh5wg22https://bsky.app/profile/daniel.gultsch.social/post/3mtdxiadrac52RE: https://gultsch.social/@daniel/117077355951114448 Monocles probably also violates @Codeberg’s terms of use. As a Codeberg e.V. member, I abstained from voting on the matter of banning projects that consist mostly of AI-generated code, but I do support the decision of my fellow members. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Aug 2026 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:oyma3b5eclwp6dfup2e5wbgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtdxiadrac52https://bsky.app/profile/daniel.gultsch.social/post/3mtbfmhjarux2Die Aufzeichnung meines @FrOSCon@bonn.social-Vortrags darüber, wie Push-Benachrichtigungen eigentlich funktionieren, ist bereits online verfügbar. Danke übrigens nochmal an @ueckueck, die als Videoengel eingesprungen ist! […] https://gultsch.social/@daniel/11711016695819382217 Aug 2026 09:35 +0000at://did:plc:oyma3b5eclwp6dfup2e5wbgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbfmhjarux2https://bsky.app/profile/daniel.gultsch.social/post/3mtbajz23tdw2#Conversations_im remains free of charge today and tomorrow (Tuesday) on Google Play. If you want to migrate away from one of its forks, now would be a good opportunity. Likewise, if you have friends or family members who don’t know about #FDroid, now is a great time to recommend Conversations […] https://gultsch.social/@daniel/11710980972676349917 Aug 2026 08:04 +0000at://did:plc:oyma3b5eclwp6dfup2e5wbgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbajz23tdw2https://bsky.app/profile/daniel.gultsch.social/post/3mt4aipyol7n2We have a combined #XMPP and #UnifiedPush stand at #FrOSCon. Come say hi!15 Aug 2026 08:20 +0000at://did:plc:oyma3b5eclwp6dfup2e5wbgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4aipyol7n2https://bsky.app/profile/daniel.gultsch.social/post/3msv767yifby2Rocket.Chat adding support for #XMPP is very good news. „[XMPP] is self-hosted, air-gappable, open, and auditable, and it is light enough to hold up on constrained tactical networks. Those qualities are why it has stayed in service for two decades. The protocol is mature and trusted. […] It is […] https://gultsch.social/@daniel/11708269174552620312 Aug 2026 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:oyma3b5eclwp6dfup2e5wbgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3msv767yifby2https://bsky.app/profile/daniel.gultsch.social/post/3msstdscpdxx2Monocles, a #Conversations_im fork, is now making heavy use of LLM-generated code. Including its cryptography. Meanwhile it hasn't backported critical security fixes that landed in Conversations (and other forks) over a year ago. Use this information however you like. In other news […] https://gultsch.social/@daniel/11707735595111444811 Aug 2026 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:oyma3b5eclwp6dfup2e5wbgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3msstdscpdxx2https://bsky.app/profile/daniel.gultsch.social/post/3mslr6ax73y42If you're on #Quicksy, or know someone who is, now's a great time to migrate your quicksy.im account to #Conversations_im, since Conversations is currently free on Google Play. • In Quicksy go to 'Manage Account' (overflow menu) • Write down your password (use visibility toggle) • Under […] https://gultsch.social/@daniel/11706144052938813308 Aug 2026 19:03 +0000at://did:plc:oyma3b5eclwp6dfup2e5wbgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mslr6ax73y42https://bsky.app/profile/daniel.gultsch.social/post/3mslkeco5ji42Great day at #Fedicon yesterday. I met lots of new people from the #ActivityPub community. I've always thought that #XMPP and the #Fediverse are ideologically well-aligned, and that our developer communities should talk to each other more. In that regard, it was a big success.08 Aug 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:oyma3b5eclwp6dfup2e5wbgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mslkeco5ji42https://bsky.app/profile/daniel.gultsch.social/post/3msgamfq6vmb2#Conversations_im is now available for free on Google Play until August 18th. Whenever there is a conference with a strong #XMPP presence, I like to make the app available for free to make it easier for attendees to install the app and give XMPP a shot. I'm attending #FOSSY and #FrOSCon this […] https://gultsch.social/@daniel/11704901630015911506 Aug 2026 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:oyma3b5eclwp6dfup2e5wbgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgamfq6vmb2https://bsky.app/profile/daniel.gultsch.social/post/3mqvrjushd2t2We are attending #IETF126 in Vienna. The #XMPP community is represented at the Hackathon and we are hosting a side meeting on Thursday at 15:00 (Park Suite 4) to introduce the idea of bringing XMPP 2.0 back to the IETF.18 Jul 2026 07:46 +0000at://did:plc:oyma3b5eclwp6dfup2e5wbgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqvrjushd2t2https://bsky.app/profile/daniel.gultsch.social/post/3mqvo25nocdq2Google is now buying access to source code repositories to train their LLMs. This puts the value of the code they previously stole from the open-source community into a whole new perspective.18 Jul 2026 06:44 +0000at://did:plc:oyma3b5eclwp6dfup2e5wbgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqvo25nocdq2https://bsky.app/profile/daniel.gultsch.social/post/3mqrllu7xhnl2Auf der #FrOSCon in St. Augustin darf ich am 15. August noch einmal #UnifiedPush vorstellen. Das ist vermutlich das letzte Mal, dass ich diesen Vortrag in dieser Form halte. https://programm.froscon.org/froscon2026/talk/dd149428-7db9-44b8-8fa2-d023a4940bb9/ Info-Stände zu #UnifiedPush und […] https://gultsch.social/@daniel/11693044365198526516 Jul 2026 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:oyma3b5eclwp6dfup2e5wbgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrllu7xhnl2https://bsky.app/profile/daniel.gultsch.social/post/3mqlob3pldu22I’m committed to keeping the quicksy.im XMPP server running for at least 24 months. XMPP servers are extremely efficient. I’m serving the ~1500 concurrent users from a toaster, so the cost of running the server itself was never an issue. Users are however advised to eventually migrate to the […] https://gultsch.social/@daniel/11691712053383153914 Jul 2026 07:21 +0000at://did:plc:oyma3b5eclwp6dfup2e5wbgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqlob3pldu22https://bsky.app/profile/daniel.gultsch.social/post/3mqju66iy7uz2People don’t understand that this SMS pumping fraud is organized crime on a mafia level. First, they attack your service to deliberately run up SMS fees (splitting the costs among themselves), and then they turn around and try to extort protection money by selling you a subscription to a service […] https://gultsch.social/@daniel/11691303275411328013 Jul 2026 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:oyma3b5eclwp6dfup2e5wbgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqju66iy7uz2https://bsky.app/profile/daniel.gultsch.social/post/3mqjhh3vbwgi2#Quicksy registrations are permanently closed. The project was viable for a long time only because it required minimal effort. However, fighting industrial-scale SMS pumping fraud has become unsustainable, both financially and in terms of workload. The XMPP server will remain online for the […] https://gultsch.social/@daniel/11691213740365065613 Jul 2026 10:14 +0000at://did:plc:oyma3b5eclwp6dfup2e5wbgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqjhh3vbwgi2https://bsky.app/profile/daniel.gultsch.social/post/3mq7kvko3gha2Ich war im „Captain, it's Wednesday“-Podcast von GNU/Linux.ch zu Gast und durfte das #UnifiedPush-Projekt vorstellen. Hat mich mega gefreut. Vielen Dank für die Einladung. Wer schon immer mal etwas über Push-Benachrichtigungen ohne Google lernen wollte, dem meine Vorträge aber zu viel sind, kann […] https://gultsch.social/@daniel/11688986252008142309 Jul 2026 11:49 +0000at://did:plc:oyma3b5eclwp6dfup2e5wbgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7kvko3gha2https://bsky.app/profile/daniel.gultsch.social/post/3mpheb74eu3c2I’m going to be at #FOSSY in Vancouver in August to talk about #UnifiedPush! https://2026.fossy.ca/schedule/presentation/372/ There is also a full 2-day track dedicated to #XMPP.29 Jun 2026 20:46 +0000at://did:plc:oyma3b5eclwp6dfup2e5wbgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpheb74eu3c2https://bsky.app/profile/daniel.gultsch.social/post/3mmlxfhnhup72What #Conversations_im did was prove that the technology works. When #Matrix reinvented the wheel as an eventually consistent graph database with a JSON API, they didn't do it because #XMPP didn't work. They did it because their investors were seeking control over the entire stack.24 May 2026 12:24 +0000at://did:plc:oyma3b5eclwp6dfup2e5wbgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmlxfhnhup72