I love the Fediverse and Lemmy. But technically, it still lags behind the big platforms in some areas. And there are many things where I believe the Fediverse will eventually be significantly better than centralized platforms, but which are still underdeveloped. Unfortunately, I can't program myself, or at least not very well. So I'm wondering how I can best support development financially.

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[–] OpenStars@piefed.social -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

written in Python (which many developers are already familiar with, rather than the extremely niche Rust that even experienced C++ coders are loathe to have to learn)

There are pros and cons to every language. Is what I said inaccurate? "Many developers are already familiar with" Python, whereas many people are not wanting to learn Rust. I'm not saying it's not a good language (or that it won't be one when it gets finished), but from the standpoint of how many people are willing to join a project to write code for the Threadiverse, it does hold back feature development.

[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Your assertion that "many people are loathe to learn Rust" (with the obvious implication that it's unworthy of attention) or that it is an "incomplete" or "extremely niche" language, are unsubstantiated and insulting assertions themselves.

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I never said it was unworthy, just that for whatever reason, people are not doing it. And... it is incomplete? And perhaps "extremely" niche is the wrong phrase but definitely "common" is something that it is not.

Again, I have not asked you to take my word for it: compare the feature sets yourself to see the empircal evidence with your own eyes.

[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 2 points 23 hours ago

people are not doing it

Ah, yes of course. The community of Rust programmers is full of imaginary beings, holograms and simulations.

it is incomplete

Care to specify what is missing?