I’m gonna say Python is not the correct choice here, when Lemmy can already get sluggish. Cancel PieFed? /s
PHP was a weird choice for anything in the 2020’s, but Mbin is defunct anyway.
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tal@lemmy.today 4 days agoPieFed is an entirely different software package that’s compatible with Lemmy.
Lemmy is written in Rust, Mbin in PHP, PieFed in Python, and Sublinks — not sure if that’s going to go anywhere — in Java.
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 days ago
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Mbin is defunct anyway.
It’s not: !mbinReleases@gehirneimer.de
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 days ago
Ah, I was thinking of the similarly-named Kbin.
Although nothing in there seems to be federating over.
Bags@piefed.social 4 days ago
I'll also comment to say that the "cancel" part of this is stupid and should be reconsidered. (There seems to be a pretty thorough consensus on that). Isn't the whole point of this to have options, to spread the resources out to as many points as possible to prevent a single point of failure, corruption, or censorship?
I ended up at Piefed, because I'm interested in self-hosting, and I understand Python more than any of the other languages represented. That's really the full depth of my choice, and I'm not sure there should be much more thought behind it other than "How does this particular software package perform and meet my needs?"
Blaze@piefed.social 4 days ago
Maybe we should have a !cancel_cancel_lemmy community x)
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 days ago
I think I’d distinguish between a voluntary boycott and a top-down choice by some media monopoly. The latter is what the fediverse is designed to avoid.
How close are you to self-hosting? I’m pretty curious what the overhead is like, since Python is intrinsically going to need more.
Bags@piefed.social 3 days ago
Not very. Still working on getting a VPN set up and learning the ropes of self-hosting in general. Most of the research I've been doing has mentioned that Piefed seems to take less resources than Lemmy for some reason. We'll see how it goes once I actually figure all this out. I just learned that my choice of home internet might make it difficult since I apparently can't get a static IP. (T mobile 5G)
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 days ago
Interesting! Having looked at the Lemmy code, I do have my suspicions about the way it (currently) manages database access.
Yeah, getting a static IP has been a pain for decades. Best of luck!