From 'his' github profile pic:

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I apologize for responding with AI, I didn't realize people would think I'm a bot or think I'm hiding. This is a giant learning lesson for me and I'm listenig to you all. My name is Stanton, I live in Westfield, IN, and I've tried building many things that have never had any luck. I respect that I upset people by my approach and regardless what anyone thinks, that matters to me. I did change my username on here because I understand now that I need to show who I am in the community. Honestly forums are even new for me. So I won't keep pushing back or challenging. I understand I was wrong and appreciate the feedback even if it's hard to hear.

Hey Julian! No worries at all. I made an obvious mistake and I'm not afraid to admit that and learn better. I've done a lot of refection and do realized I have moved very fast. I originally started with a much smaller set of features but I posted on Reddit requesting feedback and people wanted writing features I wasn't expecting. I ended up shaping it by what people told me they wanted.

I've always wanted to build apps or work in development. The last three years I've been working in product adjacent roles and I recently moved into my first product management role. However, I want to break free of working for others so I've been starting ideas and dropping them before they got anywhere for as long as I can remember. I wanted to build my own thing and I was trying to figure out what I could do on my own with AI being where it is now. I grew up in the mid 2000s so I naturally spent way too much time on Myspace and Livejournal. I missed the feel and community of the early internet. So I started brainstorming a journaling app and how to differentiate it (I used AI to help). I had also joked about starting my own social media app because I hated when I posted stuff on FB etc the algorithms punishes me and no one sees it. So AI (Claude) actually pointed out the fediverse to me. That is why I was able to say stupid stuff like Article objects would show on Mastodon with preview notes (I hadn't realized Mastodon hadn't implemented changes on their side.) I found out about FEP-b2b8 through a Mastodon subreddit when I posted asking for feedback. I was moving too fast to fully understand the fediverse and the new parts of this. And it was painfully obvious to everyone but me haha.

Well, the good news is that you don't have to face it all alone.

The AP developer community is here and happy to explain the difference between the theory (the spec, the protocol, the FEPs), and the reality (for most FEPs implementation is limited in scope).

b2b8, for example, was championed by @evan, and I pushed for broader support alongside Ghost, WordPress, and WriteFreely. It is largely well supported except for the preview piece, which only BridgyFed supports.

Claude will tell you lots of right things, and I'm sure it'll confidently tell you some wrong things too. If you ever need to double check something, ask on the fediverse subreddits or @technical-discussion — you should be able to reach it from your Piefed account.

I apologize for responding with AI, I didn't realize people would think I'm a bot or think I'm hiding. This is a giant learning lesson for me and I'm listenig to you all. My name is Stanton, I live in Westfield, IN, and I've tried building many things that have never had any luck. I respect that I upset people by my approach and regardless what anyone thinks, that matters to me. I did change my username on here because I understand now that I need to show who I am in the community. Honestly forums are even new for me. So I won't keep pushing back or challenging. I understand I was wrong and appreciate the feedback even if it's hard to hear.

I respect how you have taken this. Onwards and upwards!