Making social more like the web again ➡️ if you learned some html to customize your myspace back in the day, you now might end up learning regex to build your own feed. Anyways here’s a regular expressions editor that might help regex101.com

this sounds harder than choosing a mastodon server

this is precisely how i felt building my feed!

I feel like I'm the lone developer that actually likes regex. The satisfaction of writing a lovely piece of regex is the best

Regex Now that can still wake me up at nights😉🥳🤗

Also worth mentioning there are some simpler feed builders like @track.goodfeeds.cotrack.goodfeeds.co

How deep with customization can we go? Does it stop at regex or can I go further?

I'm just gonna leave this here: regexcrossword.com

Regex Crossword

A crossword puzzle game using regular expressions. Earn achievements completing puzzle challenges. Easy tutorials for people new to regular expressions.

And this is easier than "picking a Mastodon instance"? 🤣

Forgot to add: DISCLAIMER This tooling recommendation is provided for informational purposes only. Regular expressions are advanced runic transfigurations which you are best advised to avoid unless you are willing to risk going irretrievably mad. Simply use a pre-built feed to stay safe.

Regex is easy.