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Sublinks Aims to Be a Drop-In Replacement for Lemmy (wedistribute.org)

submitted 10 months ago by deadsuperhero@lemmy.world 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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[-] stown@sedd.it 17 points 10 months ago

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

[-] jgrim@discuss.online 14 points 10 months ago

A new front-end is coming too. We need a new front-end to support all the new features we’re adding.

[-] Blaze@discuss.online 6 points 10 months ago

Have you tried any of the web client alternatives ("Web" filter): https://lemmyapps.netlify.app/ ?

[-] stown@sedd.it 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah, I run Photon on base domain because I couldn't count on lemmy-ui.

[-] jgrim@discuss.online 8 points 10 months ago

The Photon developer is assisting with the development of the new front-end :)

[-] stown@sedd.it 2 points 10 months ago

That's good news. Hopefully they'll get let you change your avatar in that new UI because that's one of the weirdly missing Photon features.

[-] jgrim@discuss.online 5 points 10 months ago

We have our own engineers working on it with him along with the developer of pangora. It's a full collaborative effort to make the best we can.

[-] Blaze@discuss.online 7 points 10 months ago

with the developer of pangora

It's like the Avengers are gathering

[-] Toribor@corndog.social 2 points 10 months 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.