melroy

Software Engineer. [Mbin creator/maintainer](https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin ).

I host many server instances and websites. To cover all the costs, please [donate me](https://melroy.org/donate.html ). Thank you!

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2026-08-09 13:55:49 GMT

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I love Inkscape so much today. When moving from Adobe photoshop I went initially to gimp. While gimp is fine. It's not a vector based editor. I knew about Inkscape for dozens of years, yet only in the recent years I finally discovered the power and moving out of my conform zone.
Anybody who is in the same position as I was. Just move to Inkscape. Especially for logos etc.

2026-02-11 20:43:23 GMT

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this is true.. its not just Discord.. politics are pushing hard on tech.. like Facebook, Google, well everything basically.. They want to push age verification everywhere.
Its really dangerous, and I will never comply (even though I have nothing to hide). I already deleted my discord. I will not join back anymore. Its too late already.
Each chat, social network or anything that is trying to implement this -> ACCOUNT DELETED.

2025-10-24 15:17:58 GMT

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Yea typo.. I meant "I have not met". But this edit seems not to correctly federate across.. Well, can you fix our coding issues in Mbin please?

2025-10-24 12:51:59 GMT

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boomer coding? haha, jokes on you.. I have not met a boomer who can actually code. Only Generation X and Millennial Generation can actually code for real.. So if you want to call a generation, call it Generation X ;P

2025-05-23 16:02:50 GMT

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Well, I'm willing to take the risk then. I host all my fediverse services at home.

2025-05-23 14:22:35 GMT

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"my instance to the cloud because I learned that if I even accidentally hosted anything it means immediate seizure,"
That sounds a bit extreme. You are not hosting csam on purpose. And most likely try to moderate as good as possible.
I actually believe more people should host their own server. And get rid of the cloud. Not moving more to the cloud.

2025-03-30 18:49:32 GMT

I know, it has been a while :D. However, we are [happy to release v1.8.1](https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin/releases/tag/v1.8.1)!
Mainly a lot of bug fixes / improvements. Composer package dependency updates. Lot of [documentation](https://docs.joinmbin.org/) and language improvements (we also got Catalan now fully translated, thanks!). **Feel free to upgrade to PHP v8.4 as well.**
A noticeable fronted difference to point out is that we now put thumbnails in a lightbox by default. Although this can be changed by the end-user at: ⚙ Settings -> Under "Threads" section -> "Thread thumbnails opens full screen" option.
See full release notes: https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin/releases/tag/v1.8.1
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2025-02-14 18:52:50 GMT

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Welcome to Mbin ;)

2025-02-10 12:07:13 GMT

Today we released Mbin v1.8.0! It has been already 1 month since we released v1.7.4.
[This is the v1.8.0 release of Mbin](https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin/releases/tag/v1.8.0) and it is a feature packed one like always ;).
It brings an extensive bookmarking system, signup request support, signup notifications, extended markdown rendering, custom notification settings to set magazines, users, threads and microblogs to default, loud or muted, setting a default sort for the front page and comment lists, a new image delete command for admins and documentation changes.
You also still might want to [double check if you are using the latest Nginx configs](https://docs.joinmbin.org/admin/configuration/nginx#mbin-nginx-server-block) (v1.8.0 has now additional regex improvements).
**I want to thank all the contributors! We can't do it without you all!**
Mbin takes a lot of time to develop, maintain and improve. Created as a successor of /kbin, but still going strong ever since. If you would like to support this work or cover the server costs, please [consider donating](https://melroy.org/donate.html). Thank you.
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Melroy
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