jgrim

jgrim OP Mod , 21 days ago

Thanks so much! <3

jgrim , 1 month ago

Yeah, we also call them communities

jgrim Mod , 2 months ago

This is correct, thanks a lot!

jgrim , 2 months ago

Java isn't my preferred language. I did learn Rust to try to contribute but found the code base in less than ideal state and the process of contributing to risky. They don't always accept all PRs. I also have low faith in the success of Lemmy due to it's poor QA process and it's major lack of features.

I believe Java is the best option for this type of application, I almost did it in PHP. My goal was to attract as many people as possible to want to contribute. It's worked, I have a ton of people contributing in some way, Sublinks roadmap is clear and organized, and we have a super-motivated and driven team.

We won't fail.

jgrim , 2 months ago

I tried that the but API lacked a lot of features that they were too busy to add, like proper pagination to find the latest changes, etc. I started a project like that first called socialcare.cloud but have since shut it down in favor of Sublinks.

jgrim , 2 months ago

That's not true, I wrote a blog post about it: https://jasongr.im/blog/why-i-started-sublinks/

jgrim , 2 months ago

Easier but not what I thought was needed. We need more choice!

jgrim , 2 months ago

Great summary!

jgrim , 2 months ago

It's a reputable web development language and Spring Framework is very robust. I knew it would make development very quick and easy. Also, everyone learns Java just a little so I feel like it's easy for the average person to contribute. Rust is certainly fun but Java is tried and true. The organization of the Lemmy project's code vs Sublinks is night and day. It's so easy to extend and grow Sublinks.

jgrim , 2 months ago

Is there a better form service to be used? We used it because it comes free with our email.

jgrim , 2 months ago

I was hoping not to have to host it myself. I won't need it often. I was mostly curious about a Saas. Thanks though!

jgrim , 2 months ago

I setup https://github.com/deck9/input on polls.sublinks.org. We'll use this next time.

jgrim , 2 months ago

I setup https://github.com/deck9/input on polls.sublinks.org. We’ll use this next time.

jgrim , 2 months ago

It's actually extremely buggy. Not sure if we'll fix it or find something else. Perhaps something you suggested.

jgrim OP Mod , 2 months ago

No, it will help our development be more focused on the highest-impact items. It should allow for a more organized and targeted release timeline.

jgrim OP Mod , 2 months ago

Mostly the v0.2 release which has a major focus on moderation enhancements. Some things might be delayed, removed, or added to releases due to the feedback.

jgrim OP Mod , 2 months ago

Yeah, that's a good callout. Thanks, we're working on redoing reporting and have a more traditional table/grid like layout for mulit-select.

cc: @kenvald

jgrim OP Mod , 2 months ago

Thanks so much for filling it out!

jgrim OP Mod , 2 months ago

Thanks so much for sharing it!

jgrim , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago)

Hey, I'm the founder of Sublinks. It's a huge collaboration of several major Lemmy instances like lemmy world, beehaw, discuss.online, programming.dev, and quite a few others that wish not to be named until the release.

Some admins are directly working on the project while others are providing other types of support. @Ategon is certainly a major contributor and has helped develop the new front end in many major ways. You can follow some progress updates here: !sublinks

We have several different teams of developers:

1. API / Java
2. Front-end / JS/CSS/HTML
3. Federation / GoLang
4. Libraries / JS
5. Requirements gathering and organization
6. Design & Graphics - UI/UX
7. Lemmy to Sublinks migration tools

There is an active community on Matrix where all of us chat: https://matrix.to/#/#sublinks:discuss.online if anyone is interested in joining. We also have weekly touch bases to discuss progress and next steps. There are tons of people contributing.

We are currently taking donations only through Github: https://github.com/sponsors/sublinks if you're truly interested. We're all working on this part-time in our free time and making fantastic progress.

Let me know if you have any questions!

jgrim Mod , 3 months ago

There is talk of having post types. This would allow for further fediverse integrations to function better.

To answer your questions:

1. Sublinks isn't a copy of Lemmy. There used to be a greater focus on multiple post types, but now it's not a main feature to work on. Sublinks is an alternative to Lemmy that adheres to the Lemmy API to capture the client base for that API. Sublinks has its API for its front-end and any apps being developed for Sublinks.

Being long-term compatible with Lemmy isn't a priority either. We set our first milestone to be parity with the Lemmy API contracts to allow for apps to work from the start. As we grow our footprint Lemmy would have to display it the best they can. We don't plan to add support for Sublinks into other applications.

2. Yes, we're building our federation service to include as many services as possible.

jgrim Mod , 3 months ago

Not that I'm aware of. We will support all Lemmy apps when we launch though.

jgrim , 3 months ago

I'm the founder of Sublinks. I'm happy to answer questions. You can find me on Mastodon @sublinks. You're right about the dev blog. We have a weekly Sublinks team meeting, the results of that could go into a weekly dev update. I've just been more focused on coding than community stuff. I'll do better.

jgrim , 3 months ago

It's not dead, perhaps you joined at a slow time. We were just chatting a bunch in there about cursor pagination. There are several rooms if you didn't notice. General, Frontend, API, & Federation. Along with Announcements and Support.

jgrim , 3 months ago

Perhaps it's your client or the server acting funny. Here are direct links to the open rooms:

• https://matrix.to/#/#sublinks-development-api:discuss.online
• https://matrix.to/#/#sublinks-off-topic:discuss.online
• https://matrix.to/#/#sublinks-development:discuss.online
• https://matrix.to/#/#sublinks-development-federation:discuss.online
• https://matrix.to/#/#sublinks-announcements:discuss.online
• https://matrix.to/#/#sublinks-support:discuss.online
• https://matrix.to/#/#sublinks-git:discuss.online

jgrim Mod , 3 months ago

I don't have a problem with it.

jgrim Mod , 3 months ago

I think there should be a separate community for it though.

jgrim , 4 months ago

Yes, almost all team members are contributing code, designs, feature requests, etc. I called out @Rooki specifically because he's been a major contributor. One of the admins is actively recruiting people to help contribute to Sublinks, this is how we got so much support so quickly. It's a very close collaboration. I owe a lot of thanks to the Lemmy.World team.

jgrim , 4 months ago

Thanks, me too!

jgrim , 4 months ago

People were reaching out to me to try to understand these details so I just made a blog post to just point people to.

jgrim , 4 months ago

Thanks a lot!

jgrim , 4 months ago

You're watching the spawn now! It's still in development :)

jgrim , 4 months ago

https://sublinks.org

jgrim , 4 months ago

That’s an over simplified version. For the record, I couldn’t downgrade without data loss.

jgrim , 4 months ago

What is an example of a good reason to start a new project?

jgrim , 4 months ago

Thanks so much! We're trying hard!

jgrim , 5 months ago

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

jgrim , 5 months ago

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

jgrim , 4 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.

jgrim , 4 months ago

We have 13 contributors with Sublinks so far. I expect more will come after the announcement.

jgrim , 4 months ago

I am not a communist. I cannot believe I had to write that.

jgrim , 5 months ago

It's basically a fork of Lemmy. But rather than forking, we're rewriting the entire tech stack to something easier to support and enhance. You can see the full roadmap here: https://github.com/orgs/sublinks/projects/1

jgrim , 5 months ago

Yes, there is going to be a tool that exports from Lemmy via a direct database connection and adds to Sublinks via the API. Sublinks is heavily event driven by design. We'll want some events to trigger during import.

jgrim , 5 months ago

I'll get it on there on the sidebar. Thanks a lot for the feedback. The demo site has been up for so long that I didn't think of it when I announced it.

jgrim , 4 months ago

Sorry, broke the build with a recent merge. It's back up now!