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.

  • P03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    8 months ago

    an alternative Java-based backend to Lemmy’s Rust-based one

    Going from a modern well-designed language to an old-and-busted, kitschy, memory-hogging, bloated language. This is literally a step backwards.

    Rust, Go… hell, even Ruby-on-Rails or whatever Python is offering nowadays would be a better choice.

    • kassuro@feddit.deEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Modern Java isn’t that bad, and with new developments like the graalvm and cloud native builds, or what they are called, the footprint of a modern Java app can be comparable to an golang app.

      Modern Java kinda has the same image problem as modern PHP. Not saying is all great, but it sure has seen quite the improvements in the last years