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Sublinks Aims to Be a Drop-In Replacement for Lemmy (wedistribute.org)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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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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[–] 11 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I’m curious why you say Rust “ has proven “ to not be a great choice. There is a lack of Rust programmers, but its been the fastest growing community on GitHub for multiple years now, and has proven to be viable at all level of the stack.

Full disclaimer: I code and work in Rust daily on the backend and frontend.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Full disclaimer: I code and work in Rust daily on the backend and frontend.

    Would you and your colleagues be interested in contributing to Lemmy's codebase? I'm genuinely asking, I'm still surprised by the low number of contributors for a project that has 40k active monthly users

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I barely have time to contribute to fix bugs in the dependencies I use. If I had more time for OSS contributions I might, but I’m not in my 20s anymore and when I’m not at work I’m taking care of my family.

    My colleagues and friends are free to do as they please.

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