The Threadiverse is growing again, this time offering an effort to build a new Lemmy replacement from scratch, with API compatibility.

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.

  • stown@sedd.itEnglish
    181·
    1 year ago

    Forget the backend! I just want the frontend not to crap itself whenever it can’t fetch the site icon!

    • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Mine had accumulated 420MB of cookie data the other day. Had to clear it before I could log in. I thought the instance was dead.

    • Toribor@corndog.socialEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      No kidding. I’m an Ops guy and I’ve hosted hundreds of web applications professionally and for fun over the years but Lemmy has been one of the more frustrating and brittle experiences I’ve had.

      I’ve figured out a few of the quirks by now but I definitely spent a whole afternoon troubleshooting why the front end wouldn’t load at all only to discover the real issue was with Pict-rs.