🐌 Slow Software for a Burning World 🔥 (bonfirenetworks.org)
from chobeat@lemmy.ml to technology@lemmy.world on 10 May 06:37
https://lemmy.ml/post/29878973

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oldfart@lemm.ee on 10 May 07:05 next collapse

I believe this article says what that program does but I’m not willing to read a whole new age book to learn if it’s of any relevance to me

theneverfox@pawb.social on 10 May 15:33 collapse

I read it and I still have no idea what this is

victorz@lemmy.world on 10 May 07:11 collapse

I’m trying to understand what Bonfire is. It sounds interesting but all I can find are vague buzzwords. Positive buzzwords, but buzzwords.

chobeat@lemmy.ml on 10 May 07:32 collapse

It’s a toolkit to build federated apps, with a social media+blogging+collaboration platform built on top of it.

victorz@lemmy.world on 10 May 11:21 collapse

So it’s actually software that you can run, and with that build apps? Like a visual editor or something? Or is it a library? What’s a toolkit in this instance?

chobeat@lemmy.ml on 10 May 12:50 collapse

It’s an elixir skeleton that runs a system of modules you can combine (just with configs) or that you can extend by adding new modules.

The skeleton does the bare minimum and the modules contain all the logic. It’s not a no-code tool (that would be astounding, but doesn’t exist yet), you still need to write some config files (flavours) or write some elixir.

victorz@lemmy.world on 10 May 17:49 collapse

Huh. Okay.

Well alright, thanks for explaining.