rspec-mocks VS haven

It's nowhere near as equivalent, where's the behavior testing? Where stuff like allow_any_instance_of(...).to receive(...).and_return(...)? What about shared examples? How can you patch globally the current time?

Have a look on the examples here https://github.com/rspec/rspec-mocks

It's funny; as I've been working on Haven[1], one of my guiding lights is what Facebook _could have been_[2]. To that end the opening section is really inspiring. This is describing a world where digital tools enhance your friendships. I think that's still possible and still a worthwhile goal--I just don't think it can be done by an entity with a corporate incentive structure. Those incentives will always tend towards enshittification[3].

[1]: https://havenweb.org

[2]: https://havenweb.org/2022/11/02/facebook-lie.html

[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification#

I've got to chime in here, because of how much this overlaps with the project I've been working on called Haven[1].

A lot of these problems go away with a decentralized/open-source private model. If your posts aren't public then there is no spam. If everyone runs their own node of open-source (or better yet: open-protocol) software, then there is no centralized entity able to have incentives of profiting off the platform.

Information propagation speed is a good call-out as dangerous. Even with all the spam/shilling/trills removed, it still leads to the girl who's having a great time on her snowboarding trip until she posts pictures on Instagram and drops into a foul mood because not enough people immediately liked her posts.

I'd love to connect and share thoughts, feel free to reach out[2]/

[1]: https://github.com/havenweb/haven

[2]: https://havenweb.org/contact.html

I've been working on Haven[1] as an open-source self-hostable alternative to give control back to people. I actually wrote a blog post about how the move from "see what your friends/family are doing" to "just keep scrolling" was a pretty blatant bait-and-switch[2]. I think any alternative will fail in the same ways as Facebook has unless there are different incentives. I'm hoping that by making Haven open source and decentralized there won't be a path for me to make money off of it (beyond maybe hosting fees?) if it gets broader adoption.

[1]: https://havenweb.org

[2]: https://havenweb.org/2022/11/02/facebook-lie.html

I'm kinda split between "everyone should be blogging" and "I don't want what I say today to be archive.org'd and used to embarrass me 5/10/20 years down the line."

I've been exploring Haven (https://havenweb.org) and the idea of an invite-only blog is appealing. Keep your crawlers off my writing, please.

I started building an open source private blogging system[1] when my first kid was born, and it eventually evolved into the skeleton of a social network--but fully decentralized using RSS and self- (or paid-) hosting. I concluded the only way for a network to actually avoid selling out was for there to be nothing to sell. If I give away the software, and don't control the network then there is no need for users to trust me. It continues to be an interesting journey as a side-project (not raising money means I'm still working a day-job).

[1]: https://havenweb.org

Can I plug Haven: https://github.com/havenweb/haven here too?

It is a solid RSS reader, while also letting you publish privately. The plan is for this to expand into a social reader[1] soon!

[1]: https://indieweb.org/social_reader

You're welcome to adapt the AWS deployment scripts I setup for Haven[1]. I tend to adapt them when deploying other personal projects like the sites I've built for my family tree or privately hosting/sharing old family home movies.

[1]: https://github.com/havenweb/haven/tree/master/deploymentscri...

I've been working on a self-hosted private blogging platform called Haven (https://github.com/havenweb/haven) that I use instead of FB. I've been a FB non-user for the last 10 years, but when I had kids I suddenly really wanted a place to share pictures with people. SSB, Mastadon, etc all seem to be focused on sharing things publicly but I hadn't found anything with a focus on private sharing. After trying to do it with Wordpress and struggling with spam and a fractured plugin ecosystem I just built it myself!