Post by @mboelen@mastodon.social
Today is a special day! It is the BSD Cafe's birthday!
Exactly three years ago today, I was rather timidly announcing this project to the world. It was an idea that had already been in my mind for some time, but had not yet become reality.
Three years later, I am proud to say that the BSD Cafe is sailing at full speed towards the uncertain horizons of the modern world.
We are here to talk about BSD, Open Source, projects, conferences, freedom, pizza and tiramisu, but above all about passions, interests, discoveries and knowledge. We are here among friends who share interests and passions, without geography or borders, apart from those defined by mutual respect.
Your Barista is more energised than ever.
During the past year, he had to retire one of the services, BlendIT, our Lemmy instance, but he also added several new ones: Journal, based on WordPress, Billboard, running on NodeBB, the Delta Chat relay, and more.
He also had to withdraw from BSDCan, with enormous regret, but he is now ready for EuroBSDCon. And for other new things that will gradually follow.
For example, here is a small preview: I have been experimenting with MeshCore.
My dream? One or more BSD Cafe services that do not use the Internet at all. I already have a few ideas, so I shall not disclose anything more for now 馃槈
And I will never grow tired of repeating that the BSD Cafe is a success because of you.
I am just the Barista, but a place like this is nothing without the friends sitting at the bar. And the friends of this bar are wonderful people who, every day, help make my days calmer, happier and more interesting.
So thank you for these three years, and thank you for being here.
We shall continue sailing together towards the future, with smiles on our faces and passion in our hearts.
