Colin McNaughton

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Mastodon @cloin@techhub.social
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Followers
35
Account age
3 yrs

Known for

I may have spent an unreasonable amount of time creating a workflow to evaluate my child's youtube videos before they're made public with #n8n Next, I want to add timestamp links to point to concerning bits of the videos. My kid makes a ton of these so manual review of all of them is quite time-consuming. #homelab #selfhosted4 views I may have spent an unreasonable amount of time creating a workflow to evaluate my child's youtube videos before they're made public with #n8n Next, I want to add timestamp links to point to concerning bits of the videos. My kid makes a ton of these so manual review of all of them is quite time-consuming. #homelab #selfhosted When you get #caddy and #authelia working to expose your #selfhosted #homelab services4 views When you get #caddy and #authelia working to expose your #selfhosted #homelab services #WWDC #Apple2 views #WWDC #Apple I took a stab at MCP server creation for #Ansible #Semaphore and I’ve tested it in #Claude. So many MCPs popping up! This feels kind of cool for a #selfhosted #homelab environment1 views I took a stab at MCP server creation for #Ansible #Semaphore and I’ve tested it in #Claude. So many MCPs popping up! This feels kind of cool for a #selfhosted #homelab environment

📊 Post engagement

2
Avg engagement / post
5.7%
Engagement vs followers
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: I may have spent an unreasonable amount of time creating a workf · 4 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence
0.13 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 7 text · 5 image · 0 video.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post I may have spent an unreasonable amount of time creating a workflow to evaluate my child's youtube videos before they're made public with #n8n Next, I want to add timestamp links to point to concerning bits of the videos. My kid makes a ton of these so manual review of all of th… ★ 4
#WWDC #Apple ★ 2 I made a simple #Claude Code #skill to help with deciding what book to read. It asks what you like and then suggests a handful of books and checks the availability of each title at your library through #Libby. I chose the skill format beac… I put together an #MCP server for semaphore that allows you to interact with your #Ansible automation from clients like #Claude desktop! Great for #selfhosting! Have a look https://github.com/cloin/semaphore-mcp ★ 1 I took a stab at MCP server creation for #Ansible #Semaphore and I’ve tested it in #Claude. So many MCPs popping up! This feels kind of cool for a #selfhosted #homelab environment ★ 1 When you get #caddy and #authelia working to expose your #selfhosted #homelab services ★ 4 I'm really liking using a-shells #shortcuts that can run as background automations. I use it every morning to download the NYT web version as an epub so it’s ready when I wake up. ★ 1 I recently read that #Calibre has recipes to automatically download articles from popular news sites and create ebooks from this content. I wrapped the #NYT recipe in a github actions workflow to grab NYT web edition each morning. From the… ★ 1 I built a streamlined workflow for #ServiceNow catalog order fulfillment with Red Hat #Ansible #Automation Platform—no spokes, no business rules, no javascript, just pure #eventdriven automation in action. 🍻 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v… ★ 2 #Apple spends so little time on Screen Time, which is also where all of the parental controls are implemented, and it shows. It really, reeeally shows. #ios #ipados #screentime ★ 1 Nothing worse than recording a new trail run in an unfamiliar area and having #Strava not receive the activity :blobugh: #running ★ 3 I wonder what people are using their #iphone action button for now that there’s a dedicated camera button. Any super useful recommendations? #iphone16pro #ios #ios18

🐘 Community & instance

Home server
techhub.social
A tech server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.
✅ Link-verified
Verified link
Proved ownership of a website linked on their profile — Mastodon's green-check verification, a real identity signal rather than a paid badge.
On Mastodon since
Nov 2022
Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 2 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.1× per week.

🛡️ Audience credibility

83/100 Excellent
  • Est. 99% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
  • Strong engagement (~5.7% of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
  • Verified account.
  • Established account (3+ years old).
Est. authentic audience
99%
Fake-follower risk
Low
Data confidence
Medium

Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.

About

Dad guy. Unfortunately a #Browns fan. Wastes time perfecting things with little to no payoff. You are vastly underestimating the amount of #hummus I— used to eat until it messed up my stomach. #nvidia

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#WWDC #Apple I took a stab at MCP server creation for #Ansible #Semaphore and I’ve tested it in #Claude. So many MCPs popping up! This feels kind of cool for a #selfhosted #homelab environment I may have spent an unreasonable amount of time creating a workflow to evaluate my child's youtube videos before they're made public with #n8n Next, I want to add timestamp links to point to concerning bits of the videos. My kid makes a ton of these so manual review of all of them is quite time-consuming. #homelab #selfhosted When you get #caddy and #authelia working to expose your #selfhosted #homelab services I'm really liking using a-shells #shortcuts that can run as background automations. I use it every morning to download the NYT web version as an epub so it’s ready when I wake up.

🔀 Audience overlap

Estimated

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