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submitted 10 months ago by deadsuperhero@lemmy.ml to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml

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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[-] melmi 63 points 10 months ago

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.

[-] somethingp@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

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?

[-] scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 12 points 10 months ago
[-] spaduf@slrpnk.net 28 points 10 months ago

This sentiment is so overplayed and seems especially out of place in the context of the fediverse.

[-] morrowind@lemmy.ml 12 points 10 months ago

I honestly hate that xkcd now because people overuse it to shutdown any new development

[-] mactan@lemmy.ml 17 points 10 months ago
[-] morrowind@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago

Love it, saving that one for later

[-] NightAuthor@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago

They’re sticking to the existing standard tho

[-] 0x1C3B00DA@kbin.social 11 points 10 months ago

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.

[-] capital@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Not applicable.

[-] Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net 4 points 10 months ago

Let them fight, I'll gladly move to a superior version

[-] uuhhhhmmmm@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

I'll soon memorize this code like dQw4w9WgXcQ

[-] belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org 9 points 10 months ago

Why in java loooooool the fuck?

[-] PanArab@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 months ago

Java

So a splash screen every time a link is clicked?

this post was submitted on 23 Jan 2024
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