The Great Migration Has Begun Again!
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PieFed is written in Python, and so has already managed to surpass Lemmy in available features (by a lot, and new ones continue to be added practically weekly), despite Lemmy having an enormous head start. Lemmy is written in Rust and even high experienced and capable C++ developers do not know how to work with it, plus the language itself is not finished.
Tbh, there are still some things that Lemmy does better, like having a post + comment preview, and Lemmy has a really excellent search feature (though you don't even need an account to use that...). However, PieFed will continue to run laps around Lemmy for the foreseeable future, as feature requests languish for literally many years (not joking here) in Lemmy, but people are willing (and capable) to volunteer and they show up in PieFed quickly.
The best way to learn about PieFed, as you already saw, is just to go check it out, but be prepared to fall in love instantly, bc those features are truly amazing!
🤩Edit: e.g. https://piefed.social .
Well, that may be where I end up, it looks nice.
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PieFed is written in Python, and so has already managed to surpass Lemmy in available features (by a lot, and new ones continue to be added practically weekly), despite Lemmy having an enormous head start. Lemmy is written in Rust and even high experienced and capable C++ developers do not know how to work with it, plus the language itself is not finished.
Tbh, there are still some things that Lemmy does better, like having a post + comment preview, and Lemmy has a really excellent search feature (though you don't even need an account to use that...). However, PieFed will continue to run laps around Lemmy for the foreseeable future, as feature requests languish for literally many years (not joking here) in Lemmy, but people are willing (and capable) to volunteer and they show up in PieFed quickly.
The best way to learn about PieFed, as you already saw, is just to go check it out, but be prepared to fall in love instantly, bc those features are truly amazing!
🤩Edit: e.g. https://piefed.social .
I was writing a comment about how miss the "Top" sorting options. Then I check and there they are. I'm sure they weren't there not that long ago, which kinda proves your point
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PieFed is written in Python, and so has already managed to surpass Lemmy in available features (by a lot, and new ones continue to be added practically weekly), despite Lemmy having an enormous head start. Lemmy is written in Rust and even high experienced and capable C++ developers do not know how to work with it, plus the language itself is not finished.
Tbh, there are still some things that Lemmy does better, like having a post + comment preview, and Lemmy has a really excellent search feature (though you don't even need an account to use that...). However, PieFed will continue to run laps around Lemmy for the foreseeable future, as feature requests languish for literally many years (not joking here) in Lemmy, but people are willing (and capable) to volunteer and they show up in PieFed quickly.
The best way to learn about PieFed, as you already saw, is just to go check it out, but be prepared to fall in love instantly, bc those features are truly amazing!
🤩Edit: e.g. https://piefed.social .
Lemmy is written in Rust and even high experienced and capable C++ developers do not know how to work with it, plus the language itself is not finished.
that's just plain false. It's easier to use Rust than C++ because most of the pitfalls are eliminated, and many tools helping to get things done are built in nd have good quality. C++ devs just have a hard time getting used to the differences. It's also questionable whether rust is unfinished. It's not like its "beta" or "pre-release", and if your point is that it's still getting new features, then consider that C++ and Python does too.
python is better for prototyping, and it can be better for tools and simpler software. but if you think Python is better for "production" generally, then look at Matrix Synapse.
that being said, I agree that Rust is more complicated than other languages, but not by a large margin. but yeah, it matters for beginner friendliness, and I would never recommend Rust for someone who is just a beginner in programming; but neither would I recommend C or C++ for them.
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I was writing a comment about how miss the "Top" sorting options. Then I check and there they are. I'm sure they weren't there not that long ago, which kinda proves your point
For a brief time they had been moved to a sub menu, but it was annoying and so they were shuffled around again.
PieFed.social is the "bleeding edge" where all the newest experimental stuff is tried out, but the other
instances are more stable e.g. https://feddit.online/ . -
For a brief time they had been moved to a sub menu, but it was annoying and so they were shuffled around again.
PieFed.social is the "bleeding edge" where all the newest experimental stuff is tried out, but the other
instances are more stable e.g. https://feddit.online/ .Ah that makes sense. I'm not using it enough to notice the subtle changes over time.
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lemm.ee has been a shit-show for a while.
I suspect it just got more toxic than the admins could stomach and ate itself.
lemm.ee has been a shit-show for a while.
This is so funny coming from a .world account
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I immediately noticed the combined comments, that's an excellent feature.
I Recognise you from .ee!
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I was made aware of Piefed from recent posts about this and went ahead and made an account in case I want to ditch Lemmy altogether in the future, but I'm familiar with how it works and will keep using it for now.
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How so? Is there drama I have missed or something?
lemmy is permantly shutting down due to admin burnout.
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lemmy is permantly shutting down due to admin burnout.
lemmy in general or lemm.ee?
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I was made aware of Piefed from recent posts about this and went ahead and made an account in case I want to ditch Lemmy altogether in the future, but I'm familiar with how it works and will keep using it for now.
is piefed not a lemmy instance?
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is piefed not a lemmy instance?
It's a totally different software project. Written in Python as opposed to Rust (programming language used for Lemmy).
But it is also part of the fediverse with ActivityPub compatibility, so you can easily browse and subscribe to Lemmy communities and content from PieFed and vice versa.
https://piefed.social/ is the original PieFed instance.
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is piefed not a lemmy instance?
No, but it federates with Lemmy.
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lemm.ee has been a shit-show for a while.
This is so funny coming from a .world account
Ooooh fight fight fight! (Whatever it takes to leave
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That doesn't make sense I f Thu had a no pornography rule how could they federate with instances that had porn.
