Jul 3, 2026, 2:10 PM

The technical nightmare (or: Why "Just use Faircamp" isn't an argument)Yes, there are great alternatives. Faircamp is awesome, open source, decentralized – all great. But you know what? Faircamp isn't a "copy & paste" thing. It's not a dashboard where you quickly upload a cover and some MP3s and you're done. It's static site generation via the command line. It's YAML, config files, deployment via SSH or FTP. Go ahead and put yourself in the shoes of an artist who spends all day being creative, mixing, songwriting, painting – and who has never seen a single line of code in their life. That person opens the Faircamp documentation, sees nothing but cryptic commands, and closes the tab after five minutes – not out of laziness, but out of pure overwhelm.For many, this is a huge, insurmountable obstacle, and it has nothing to do with stupidity or ignorance. It has everything to do with the fact that we're not all in the same bubble. Just because it's easy for a few tech nerds in the Fediverse doesn't mean it's doable for the rest of the world. And no, we don't all have an "IT support friend" who can just set this up for us. Some of us don't even have the time because we're working 40-hour weeks on top of our art just to make ends meet.