I was hoping not to have to host it myself. I won't need it often. I was mostly curious about a Saas. Thanks though!
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Is there a better form service to be used? We used it because it comes free with our email.
Thanks so much for sharing it!
Thanks so much for filling it out!
Yeah, that's a good callout. Thanks, we're working on redoing reporting and have a more traditional table/grid like layout for mulit-select.
Mostly the v0.2 release which has a major focus on moderation enhancements. Some things might be delayed, removed, or added to releases due to the feedback.
No, it will help our development be more focused on the highest-impact items. It should allow for a more organized and targeted release timeline.
Hey, I'm the founder of Sublinks. It's a huge collaboration of several major Lemmy instances like lemmy world, beehaw, discuss.online, programming.dev, and quite a few others that wish not to be named until the release.
Some admins are directly working on the project while others are providing other types of support. @Ategon@programming.dev is certainly a major contributor and has helped develop the new front end in many major ways. You can follow some progress updates here: !sublinks@discuss.online
We have several different teams of developers:
- API / Java
- Front-end / JS/CSS/HTML
- Federation / GoLang
- Libraries / JS
- Requirements gathering and organization
- Design & Graphics - UI/UX
- Lemmy to Sublinks migration tools
There is an active community on Matrix where all of us chat: https://matrix.to/#/#sublinks:discuss.online if anyone is interested in joining. We also have weekly touch bases to discuss progress and next steps. There are tons of people contributing.
We are currently taking donations only through Github: https://github.com/sponsors/sublinks if you're truly interested. We're all working on this part-time in our free time and making fantastic progress.
Let me know if you have any questions!
Not that I'm aware of. We will support all Lemmy apps when we launch though.
There is talk of having post types. This would allow for further fediverse integrations to function better.
To answer your questions:
- Sublinks isn't a copy of Lemmy. There used to be a greater focus on multiple post types, but now it's not a main feature to work on. Sublinks is an alternative to Lemmy that adheres to the Lemmy API to capture the client base for that API. Sublinks has its API for its front-end and any apps being developed for Sublinks.
Being long-term compatible with Lemmy isn't a priority either. We set our first milestone to be parity with the Lemmy API contracts to allow for apps to work from the start. As we grow our footprint Lemmy would have to display it the best they can. We don't plan to add support for Sublinks into other applications.
- Yes, we're building our federation service to include as many services as possible.
Perhaps it's your client or the server acting funny. Here are direct links to the open rooms:
- https://matrix.to/#/#sublinks-development-api:discuss.online
- https://matrix.to/#/#sublinks-off-topic:discuss.online
- https://matrix.to/#/#sublinks-development:discuss.online
- https://matrix.to/#/#sublinks-development-federation:discuss.online
- https://matrix.to/#/#sublinks-announcements:discuss.online
- https://matrix.to/#/#sublinks-support:discuss.online
- https://matrix.to/#/#sublinks-git:discuss.online
Java isn't my preferred language. I did learn Rust to try to contribute but found the code base in less than ideal state and the process of contributing to risky. They don't always accept all PRs. I also have low faith in the success of Lemmy due to it's poor QA process and it's major lack of features.
I believe Java is the best option for this type of application, I almost did it in PHP. My goal was to attract as many people as possible to want to contribute. It's worked, I have a ton of people contributing in some way, Sublinks roadmap is clear and organized, and we have a super-motivated and driven team.
We won't fail.