Loops succeeded in getting a user base for sure. I’m convinced it does proform better than peertube instances. But no the 12 days was for making the existing project open source like what was promised
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vatlark@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I have always liked the saying that an overnight success takes 5-10 years. Getting frustrated with someone who is developing two different Fediverse platforms simultaneously after 12 days seems a little quick.
I think you make good arguments in your video about how similar loops and peertube are, but I don’t view that as a negative. We see lots of duplication in the world, even within open source (Linux vs BSD vs Redox, ardupilot vs pixhawk vs betaflight). When it’s open source they can all learn from each other and reach better solutions sooner.
BlueHat@lemmings.world 5 days ago
breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
Loops was developed years ago as a component of Pixelfed and then shelved before being recently developed as a separate service. It is not 5 years old.
Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
Yeah a github repo creation date is pretty close to meaningless IMO.
It’s the update history that matters.
A project being started, shelved, then revisited later is the name of the game when it comes to me, and I honestly believe that’s pretty typical for large projects.