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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by spaduf@slrpnk.net to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

Announcement post here: https://discuit.substack.com/p/df5f002f-e27a-46a6-b30d-7641b266bd65

https://discuit.net/

For those unfamiliar, Discuit is another Reddit alternative that's been floating around for a while. I was unable to find a MAU count, but I am honestly more interested in their software than their communities. Particularly curious what you all think of this stack. A consistent complaint around Lemmy is that a Rust backend makes contribution difficult, will a Go backend contribute to a lower overall barrier of entry?

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[-] sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net 0 points 1 year ago

Is it really that tough to make changes on rust? I'm not even a web developer and even I've been able to figure out how to fiddle with lotide's back-end code. I added a feature (I need to add back in) for stuff without a title so it'll just pull the first line of text for when I'm pulling from friendica communities and the like.

[-] spaduf@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

I suspect it actually has more to do with the organizing principles of Lemmy's code exasperated by a relative unfamiliarity with rust. Just giving the codebase here a once over I think I would have a pretty good idea of where to jump in while I've had no such luck with the Lemmy codebase. Worth noting I've done a fair bit of work in rust but not in go.

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