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submitted 1 month ago by nutomic@lemmy.ml to c/announcements@lemmy.ml

Many of us are currently on summer vacation, but there are a few important additions this last month:

  • Thanks to monumental efforts by @matc-pub and @sleeplessone1917, lemmy-ui is now updated to work with the new lemmy 1.0 API, and all that's needed is to support the new features, and work out a few more bugs. Special thanks to both of them for their work.
  • MV-GH added video support to jerboa, and has been doing a lot of bug-fixes there.
  • @dullbananas has a PR which optimizes some migrations significantly and reduces DB size, which will likely be merged after some code reviews soon.
  • We added 1.0 milestones for both lemmy-ui and jerboa, to make sure every new feature gets added to the front ends.

Full list of changes by user

matc-pub

dullbananas

MV-GH

dessalines

Or see the full list of changes at the links below:


An open source project the size of Lemmy needs constant work to manage the project, implement new features and fix bugs. Dessalines and Nutomic work full-time on these tasks and more. As there is no advertising or tracking, all of our work is funded through donations. Even so there is barely enough time in the day, and no time for a second job. The only available option are user donations. To keep it viable donations need to reach a minimum of 5000โ‚ฌ per month, resulting in a modest salary of 2500โ‚ฌ per developer. If that goal is reached we can stop worrying about money, and fully focus on improving the software for the benefit of all users and instances. We especially rely on recurring donations to secure the long-term development and make Lemmy the best it can be.

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[-] iso@lemy.lol 23 points 1 month ago

v1 excites me! As someone who has been using Lemmy since v0.17.0, I must say that Lemmy has improved tremendously.

[-] nutomic@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 month ago

By the way you can now try the development version of 1.0 on voyager.lemmy.ml.

[-] mhzawadi@lemmy.horwood.cloud 15 points 1 month ago

your all doing amazing work, its great to see whats cooking

[-] CARCOSA@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago

Thank you for your work

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 month ago

are there any simple/low-hanging-fruit that i can use to get my feet wet w rust?

[-] dessalines@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago

We could def use the help. There's probably a good amount of issues outside of help wanted, that wouldn't be too difficult. Feel free to comment in any of them and we could help you get started.

The new front end lemmy-ui-leptos is also in rust.

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

is this the right list? https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues

i'm seeing 110; how do you recommend i prioritize the list?

[-] dessalines@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Yep. Not sure, just something that seems like it'd be easier or limited in scope.

[-] GiorgioPerlasca@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago

I think that you can start solving exercises on HackerRank or Exercism

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago

i already know python, ruby, java & c++ and i want to pick this up to both learn rust and give back to lemmy.

[-] communism@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

The official rust book is great if you already know how to program in another language: https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/

[-] derin@lemmy.beru.co 5 points 1 month ago

You should get your feet wet with Github, first; then you can browse the relevant good first issues for the backend.

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ

it somehow never occured to me that the fixable issues where on github; thank you.

[-] Rebels_Droppin@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

The video support on jerboa has been great! Thank you!

[-] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 month ago

Thanks for all the hard work!

[-] lightrush@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago

Sent something your way! ๐Ÿ˜Š

[-] nutomic@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago
[-] parody@lemmings.world 6 points 1 month ago

Thank you team!

[-] Sal@mander.xyz 6 points 1 month ago

You guys are fantastic! I hope you are enjoying or did enjoy your vacation. Thank you for your hard work!

[-] pineapple@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

I have setup a small recuring donation. Remember everyone if your not sure about donating, donating a very small amount is infinitely times more valuable than not donating at all.

[-] nutomic@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Thank you :)

[-] ademir@lemmy.eco.br 5 points 1 month ago

Good stuff! Thank you all ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป

this post was submitted on 02 Sep 2025
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