blog post: death's inheritance and the future of tomo
today, tomo appears to be the only fork of the RSLight nntp server that is still alive. so what now?
i'll be honest: once Thom/Retro Guy died, i was very tempted to trash the project and move on. I have a half dozen other neglected development projects and books and a podcast to devote my research time to.
and then I thought about Thom and the thousands of hours of his life that he put into his final project before he passed away. his dedication was infectious. and in 2026, we need decentralized forum software more than ever.
that being said, I sure as hell don't want to be responsible for taking over someone else's open source project. that's almost as bad as adopting their kid. hard pass.
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rest of the post here:
https://tomodori.net
rss here:
https://tomodori.net/rss.xml
screenshot: the tomo interface for the user's private mailbox
