Couple of days ago I lost the connection to ntfy.sh, so we started talking on the #selfhosted matrix.org chat about notifications and ntfy, I started selfhosting ntfy and then stratself pointed out one can also use Conversations as a provider.

Long story short, I tried it and it works. This is the config for someone hosting xmpp with prosody and using apache reverse proxy. The original post of stratself gives the config with ejabberd and Caddy, it’s linked in the beginning.

Amazing all you can do!

Tl;dr: Impossible to create a new github account.

Long version: This morning I noticed my WG tunnel was not working anymore. After some troubleshooting, I noticed it was the new android app which was the problem. So I wanted to report it. Like many other (FOSS) projects, it goes… through Github. sigh OK, since my older account has been flagged (aka Shadow banned) because I use an email alias, I need a new account. So I had to complete many weird captchas.

Well after all (see post image), registering is not possible. :D I followed Github troubleshooting steps, I realized the issue is with arkoselabs, one of their captcha supplier. Somehow it does not load, even with a clean new firefox (listed as supported browser) install without extension. But no problem since arkoselabs support was so helpful…

sigh… So I decided to give a try opening a ticket with my existing flagged account. Guess what? Yeah you’re right. Not working either.

I have conflicted feelings because I’m happy to be kept away from a Microsoft product but I want to help a cool project by reporting an issue. All in all, it’s quite funny I think.