What happened with Sublinks?
from uranibaba@lemmy.world to fediverse@lemmy.world on 21 Sep 18:09
https://lemmy.world/post/36258818

github.com/sublinks

Development seems to have stopped around late 2024. Anyone knows what happened to the project?

EDIT: discuss.online/post/14411458/12788941 (Thanks @mark@programming.dev)

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Stamets@lemmy.world on 21 Sep 18:30 next collapse

Oh my god, I totally forgot about this. People were even asking my advice to because I used to post so much at the time. This shit just fell off the face of the planet.

Shadow@lemmy.ca on 21 Sep 18:37 next collapse

I have no knowledge, but would guess:

  • building an app is harder than people think
  • an opinionated community doesn’t generally help
  • Java, eww.
Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me on 21 Sep 18:50 next collapse

PieFed seems to have taken the spot as well, mostly delivering on what Sublinks wanted to be but faster and better. Python is more attractive than Java even for the Rust haters.

Shadow@lemmy.ca on 21 Sep 19:16 collapse

Everyone is ok with Python. It’s a reasonable choice that’s well known, well understood and doesn’t have a lot of negatives. There’s a million libraries for it so it’s easy to get started and add support for new things.

I’ve never met a hobbyist developer who writes Java for fun. It lives in the enterprise world mostly, and not much else that I’ve seen.

uranibaba@lemmy.world on 21 Sep 19:33 next collapse

From what I remember, the idea was that since a lot of people already use Java for work, they wouldn’t have to relearn a language to contribute.

Jumuta@sh.itjust.works on 21 Sep 23:45 collapse

minecraft modders?

moseschrute@lemmy.world on 21 Sep 23:19 collapse

People have no idea how much work it is to build a real app. Theres a reason that this is generally a full time job.

db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 21 Sep 18:38 next collapse

Making a complete lemmy alternative in a whole new language is a very very tough endeavour. It’s not surprising that motivation couldn’t keep up.

Tuuktuuk@piefed.ee on 21 Sep 22:38 next collapse

Maybe @jsonarray@utter.online can say? :)
(Though, I'm not sure if they read their Mastodon anymore. But maybe yes?)

uranibaba@lemmy.world on 21 Sep 23:24 collapse

@mark@programming.dev posted a link to an issue. The original dev became a father and took a break (also mental health). :-)

mark@programming.dev on 21 Sep 22:44 collapse

Yeah founder made an update here.

uranibaba@lemmy.world on 21 Sep 23:22 collapse

Thanks! I was hoping to contribute when I have more free time in a few years.