WikiLambda, backend for Wikifunctions, rewrites itself from Node.js (!!) to Rust (www.wikifunctions.org)

submitted 1 month ago by Aatube@kbin.melroy.org to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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The Abstract Wikipedia team is working toward a rewrite of our backend services in a different programming language, likely Rust. Node/JS has served us well, but we have run up against some [WebAssembly System Interface] limits that would be best dealt with by switching to a different ecosystem.

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[-] IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org 8 points 1 month ago

Wikidata is so cool, but not really public-exposed. I imagine it's an incredible research tool though.

[-] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 1 month ago

Wikifunctions finally exposed running functions via API in March, though yeah, it's still a long, long way from being integrated in wikis, not to mention the arcane parameter that is passing a JSON via URL. (and hopefully you meant Wikifunctions and not Wikidata lol)

[-] IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago

Oh I understood wikifunctions primarily as a way to operate on wikidata data, I don't know if that's right. And you're right it is publically available, I guess I meant more that few few folks know about it.