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- fediverse@discuss.online
- fediverse@lemmy.world
Seems like an interesting effort. A developer is building an alternative Java-based backend to Lemmy’s Rust-based one, with the goal of building in a handful of different features. The dev is looking at using this compatibility to migrate their instance over to the new platform, while allowing the community to use their apps of choice.
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It’s kind of ironic taking a project that’s already written in Rust and writing a replacement for it in Java.
Usually things get ported to Rust, not the other way around.
Yeah this sounds like someone doesn’t know rust and instead of learning it they’re porting to Java? It might also be a way to capture an existing userbase as it’s still compatible with lemmy, but also adds features that might cause more people to use it. But being written in Java is an excuse to make it more difficult to migrate the additions back upstream to lemmy. Maybe they hope that this will eventually allow them to build out a private platform?
This sentiment is so overplayed and seems especially out of place in the context of the fediverse.
I honestly hate that xkcd now because people overuse it to shutdown any new development
Love it, saving that one for later
They’re sticking to the existing standard tho
That’s not applicable. Sublinks is using the same standard as Lemmy/kbin/mbin, i.e. ActivityPub. In a decentralized system based on an open standard, plurality of implementations is a good thing. We shouldn’t want lemmy to be the only one.
Not applicable.
I’ll soon memorize this code like dQw4w9WgXcQ
Let them fight, I’ll gladly move to a superior version
Why in java loooooool the fuck?
Java
So a splash screen every time a link is clicked?
