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Summary: A mini-project that lets us self-host the Gemini proxy/gateway is underway; it is custom-made for the needs of Techrights but generalised enough to be used by other sites/capsules, too

THE VIDEO above is the first video of several. It explains how a project works -- a project that does not yet have a name (just generic "geminiproxy" or gemini-proxy.pl). It does not yet go into the technical details and any finer bits, as it's just a high-level, over-encompassing introduction to what we try to achieve, why it is important (privacy, self-determination etc.) as it is still work in progress and work which we shall revisit later. The code is in Git already (so far there have been bug fixes aplenty), so technically it is publicly available.

"The code is in Git already (so far there have been bug fixes aplenty), so technically it is publicly available."As it stands, at the moment the site has two HTTP and HTTPS (both are fully supported) access points. One is powered by Gemini (static) and another by a database (dynamic). For the former, direct access over gemini:// is possible and very much encouraged. The "master copy", however, is the latter, as it contains all the images, videos etc. We'll carry on tinkering for a while and then make follow-up videos/texts with more concrete examples and use cases.

Stay tuned... ⬆