Jade

Maintains https://continuwuity.org, among other things. Mostly posting fluff, because it's nicer. Occasionally tech stuff.

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2026-02-22

pronouns: she/her
website: https://jade.ellis.link

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npub1r4xupm952xmpvldst5llpd9r37x6q7pmtzr4lp3u6x8tysf5zqts0ppf6r

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[email protected]

Profile Code

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2026-05-31 15:48:02 GMT

The three genders (nonbuynary)
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/116/664/741/069/968/738/original/7481bfac55d68cbd.jpg

2026-05-29 10:55:42 GMT

That's right, it goes in the USB C hole!
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/116/657/489/900/467/486/original/96828a8124caa09a.webp

2026-03-17 17:56:36 GMT

I've just released the [resolvematrix](https://forgejo.ellis.link/continuwuation/resolvematrix ) Rust crate! If you're developing anything in Rust that interacts with the matrix federation APIs, you may find it useful - it's factored out of one of my other projects for reuse

2026-03-06 15:19:29 GMT

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2026-02-16 01:50:48 GMT

We've just released [Continuwuity](https://continuwuity.org/ ) [v0.5.5](https://forgejo.ellis.link/continuwuation/continuwuity/releases/tag/v0.5.5 ). Continuwuity is a chat server for communities that speaks Matrix - and as you can probably guess we've exploded in popularity over the past week or two. The amount of people in our community rooms doubled!
This release is mostly about bugfixes, but there are two things to get excited about. The first is that the last blocker for calling in the Element X mobile apps has been squished! If you've set up the prerequisite service, you can now make calls from your phone.
The other is that we've greatly improved the first run experience - registering a first account is easier, and contexual help is presented where possible.
I would heavily encourage reading the changelog, and upgrading. Again, welcome to all of our new community members!
https://forgejo.ellis.link/continuwuation/continuwuity/releases/tag/v0.5.5
#matrix #foss #openSource #continuwuity #selfhosting #selfhosted #discord

2026-01-27 16:42:47 GMT

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Oh look, they’re trying to cover up what they did too
https://github.com/nkuntz1934/matrix-workers/commit/2d3969dd5e795caa3641d0e237e2b52ca0502463
Archive link for posterity:
https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://github.com/nkuntz1934/matrix-workers/commit/2d3969dd5e795caa3641d0e237e2b52ca0502463
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/115/968/055/657/984/022/original/7affaa7ff82a8f3e.jpeg

2026-01-27 16:18:51 GMT

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I'm also giving a talk about some of the actual work that goes into building this software in a few days at FOSDEM, if you want to learn more:
https://tech.lgbt/@JadedBlueEyes/115956965835059690
#note13yf…hpmj

2026-01-27 16:17:41 GMT

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For those of you that don't know, I develop https://continuwuity.org - a Rust based Matrix homeserver that actually works, and that you can run on a Raspberry Pi, rather than someone else's centralized cloud infrastructure

2026-01-27 16:05:09 GMT

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The pricing comparisons are stupid, by the way, too - a bunch of us in the matrix chatrooms got out how many HTTP requests per day we were serving and the per-request cost of Workers would be more expensive than dedicated VPSs - not even counting CPU time or storage costs!

2026-01-27 15:54:49 GMT

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Honestly this is almost insulting to me, as someone who has spent a nontrivial amount of effort developing a Matrix homeserver, with how low effort it is. And what’s the point? Marketing? I’m not gonna be trusting anything Cloudflare after this.

2026-01-27 15:43:14 GMT

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Oh and to top things off, they make trivially false claims in their post. Tuwunel and its predecessors do not and have never used Postgres or Redis.
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/115/967/823/510/245/956/original/7222645bc910476e.png

2026-01-27 15:41:48 GMT

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Rather than implementing the critical state resolution algorithm that's the core of Matrix, they just directly insert the latest state into the database. That'll instantly lead to diverging views of the room and incompatibility with every other implementation - and it's also a massive security hole.
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/115/967/813/360/344/114/original/22fe2d00e5a29dbd.png

2026-01-27 15:39:00 GMT

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This is a core part of the protocol, that's not exactly simple (https://spec.matrix.org/v1.17/server-server-api/#authorization-rules)
They just have TODO comments, and happily accept anything, even if it's blatantly forged
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/115/967/798/023/973/144/original/685133f904bc8a2a.png

2026-01-27 15:35:36 GMT

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Let me just pick a few examples from the code, because this is so bad

2026-01-27 15:34:23 GMT

Cloudflare just published a vibe coded blog post claiming they implemented Matrix on cloudflare workers. They didn't, their post and README is AI generated and the code doesn't do any of the core parts of matrix that make it secure and interoperable. Instead it's littered with 'TODO: Check authorisation' and similar
https://blog.cloudflare.com/serverless-matrix-homeserver-workers/

2026-01-25 17:41:22 GMT

I'm really happy to share I'll be at #FOSDEM - I'll be giving a talk with @npub1u2w…03tr about Continuwuity on Sunday. I'll also be at the @npub1m9z…whzq booth 5pm-6pm both days, if you want to track me down to chat!
Schedule link: https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/ETMLM8-signed_sealed_stolen_how_we_patched_critical_vulnerabilities_under_fire/

2026-01-05 00:02:53 GMT

i love rust i love rust i love rust
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/115/839/539/437/324/167/original/bdc20b52d803d2d7.png

2025-10-27 11:46:47 GMT

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This is a really shitty reply, especially when multiple experienced people are expressing the same opinion.

2024-01-21 18:50:03 GMT

I've been interested in learning about compression algorithms lately
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/111/795/433/382/968/152/original/bff43598cce64937.jpeg