New instance, new

#introduction

My name is Mike (a.k.a. "shellsharks”) - I am a security researcher,

advocate, all-things

#Fediverse

convert and all around

#tech

enthusiast.

I write about

,

#technology

and

#life

over at https://shellsharks.com

Here's some other stuff I like...

#sports

#travel

#battlestations

#food

#starwars

#lotr

#pokemon

#gaming

#space

#fitness

#nba

#basketball

#hiking

#camping

#music

#coding

#programming

#cybersecurity

So what's going on with this instance? Is this my "main" presence or am I still on shellsharks.social? Fair question. The answer is, yes! This is a

instance, on a new fun, shiny, vanity domain. If it works out, I might end up moving all my activity over here and shutting down the Mastodon instance I have at shellsharks.social. Until then, I'm operating out of both spaces. This also means that for now, I haven't migrated my followers (or followed accounts) over here, so don't be offended if I haven't followed you back yet! I don't want to knock this fairly low-spec'ed instance over so I'm taking it slow with how I am using it.

Why am I doing this? Well for one main reason really, I wanted an instance where I could post more than 500 characters at a time. GtS gives me that, and much more. Bonus points for A. being less resource intensive than Mastodon (so cheaper to run), B. more customizable and C. I could get an even more ridiculous vanity domain.

So don't be surprised to see a lot more from this account than my usual @shellsharks account. If you'd like, you can follow me here for now. No worries either way.

See y'all around Fedi!

I've just posted a quick Scrap, highlighting a select few of the many interesting posts and comments I've seen this week across the

#indieweb

#fediverse

#technology

and

#infosec

spaces

https://fyr.io/scrap/2025-07-04

Feel free to check out some of the links, there's some darn smart people surfing these internet highways. (That's how it works, right?)

#roundup