Finally, Lemmy appears to be run by developers who appear to be interested in their own issues and regularly appear to dismiss issues raised by users. This is not sustainable.
I would love to fix all the issues that users report, but for that we would need about ten times as many developers. The way it is we simply don't have enough time to work on everything, and need to prioritize things.
You can use pg_stat_statements to find slow queries. Try sorting by top total_exec_time.
Those are pretty common opinions. It's sad that some people cannot accept them.
They refuse to upgrade and then complain that mod tools are insufficient (which have improved a lot in the meantime). You really can't make this up.
Having another volunteer also means more work for us, as we need to communicate with this person regularly. It also means that we maintainers get more removed from the users, and wont be able to talk with them directly anymore. And in my experience, volunteers are very motivated in the beginning, but most of them get bored or busy after a while and then you need to find someone new again. Not really worth the hassle in this case.
Also the database issues mentioned in this thread may simply be from lack of ram.
Its easy to say this now, more than half a year later. But youre ignoring that we were completely overworked and exhausted back then. That said Im taking your feedback into account and will hopefuly to handle it better in the future.
Sure but its not so easy to find volunteers. Would you or db0 be willing to do this?
How else would you say this? And who do you suggest reaching out to? Keep in mind that it would have to be a volunteer position as we dont have the funds to pay for it.
Good example of AI making stuff up instead of simply saying "I don't know".
I'm surprised that there are still instances out there running 0.18.2-rc2 or 0.17.0. Those versions are full of bugs and miss so many features.
Federation doesnt have many breaking changes anymore. The bigger problem is if a database migration goes wrong, then there should be an admin around to fix it manually. Im sure Wordpress has the resources for much more thorough testing so these things dont happen.
Last year before the Reddit migration I worked a fulltime job for a few months, and the salary was around 8k€ per month.
I looked at some of the pull requests and most of them seem very small, only changing a couple of lines. Still impressive but not really comparable to implementing a new feature in Lemmy. For that we need to make changes to various different parts of the code (database, federation, api, js library, frontend), then test it and pass code review. All that takes a lot of work because we need to ensure that existing functionality doesnt break. In this way a web server like Lemmy has much higher standards because there should be no bugs at all. If your AI project has some bugs, users can easily roll back their local install to an earlier version.
Youre right about lemmy-ui, unfortunately it doesnt have enough contributors. I dont know why that is, you'd think a project written in a popular language like Typescript would easily find contributors.
The entire time after the Reddit migration was extremely chaotic. I dont remember when exactly the CSAM attacks happened, but around that time we were already very exhausted from all the urgent work we had to do on scaling, patching security vulnerabilities and fixing countless bugs. I also dont remember receiving any requests from admins to help out with this. So if you notice something similar in the future, feel free to message me directly. Anyway we are only two people working full-time on Lemmy, and have lots of different tasks to take care of. So it gets very difficult to give everything the attention it deserves, and to prioritize things correctly.
@[email protected] if this is true then you should try adding some swap space.
I suppose there is still room for database optimization then, but its hard to find people who know how to do this.
But yeah, the moderation tools have to be the worst. Lemmy has an amazing development group that’s separate from the main developers who have patched together a good set of tools, from automods to CSAM and illegal scanning, huge props to them - but these issues are routinely ignored by the main devs. I was shocked, honestly shocked that when we were under CSAM attacks that there was not an immediate roundtable of the head devs to try to solve the problem officially. Here was a problem that 99% of countries would immediately and gladly throw us, the instance admins, in jail over and they just handwaved it away. In fact, I don’t know that there was ever an official post about it, or even that there are things coming to help with it.
My impression at the time was that admins were handling the CSAM wave just fine with existing mod tools and through Matrix chats. A roundtable wouldnt have solved anything except make people feel good. Besides we still were extremely busy at the time to scale up Lemmy and resolve problems revealed by the huge amount of new users. Keep in mind that Lemmy is still at version 0.x which means that its not feature complete. So if something is missing that you find important, consider waiting a year or two and checking back then. Or get it implemented yourself, thats what open source is all about.
That said most of the features you mentioned have already been implemented, including a list of all locally uploaded images.
Not just that its boring, mod tools also require a huge amount of work because you need to make changes across all parts of the code (database, api, federation and frontend).
[Meta] Looking for Moderators
/c/opensource is currently unmoderated because all the existing mod accounts are inactive.
Thats why we are looking for new moderators. To apply as mod, reply below indicating what would make you a good moderator for this community, and mention any previous mod experience you have. You should be registered on lemmy.ml and have previous posting history.
[Meta] Looking for Moderators
This community is currently unmoderated because the only moderator has deleted his account. For this reason the community is currently locked until new mods are added.
To apply as /c/politicalhumer mod, reply below indicating what would make you a good moderator for this community, and mention any previous mod experience you have. You should be registered on lemmy.ml and have previous posting history.
Documentation for writing Lemmy Plugins
Documentation for Lemmy. Contribute to LemmyNet/lemmy-docs development by creating an account on GitHub.
If you write a plugin, let me know how it goes!
Proof of concept for Lemmy plugin system
This PR adds a basic plugin hook using Extism (webassembly), including a simple example plugin written in Go. Plugins can also be written in many other languages like JS, Rust, .NET or C. For now t...
Ibis Version 0.1.1
What's Changed fix mobile css layout by @mstcl in #22 Add follow instance button in article nav (fixes #31) Dont allow / in article title (fixes #25) Include domain when generating diff link (fixe...
- fix mobile css layout by @mstcl
- Add follow instance button in article nav (fixes #31)
- Dont allow
/in article title (fixes #25) - Include domain when generating diff link (fixes #23)
- Minor changes to create/edit article page (fixes #24)
RFC for Private Communities in Lemmy
Requests for comment for changes to Lemmy. Contribute to LemmyNet/rfcs development by creating an account on GitHub.
Lemmy Development Update 2024-02-09
Here is our regular update that explains what we have been working on for the past two weeks. This should allow average users to keep up with development, without reading Github comments or knowing how to program.
The last two weeks were rather quiet, with only some minor changes merged:
@Elara6331 made improvements to the RSS feeds, adding thumbnails and filtering invalid characters. She also made a change to account creation, so that new accounts automatically have the correct interface language.
@iatenine increased the font sizes in lemmy-ui.
@Kradyz improved the message of the add mod dialog.
@dessalines has been adding more mod tools to jerboa: adding ban actions and viewing votes.
@Sleepless has been working on lemmy-ui-leptos, as well as creating a rust api library for lemmy called lemmy-client-rs.
Support development
@dessalines and @nutomic are working full-time on Lemmy to integrate community contributions, fix bugs, optimize performance and much more. This work is funded exclusively through donations.
If you like using Lemmy, and want to make sure that we will always be available to work full time building it, consider donating to support its development. Recurring donations are ideal because they allow for long-term planning. But also one-time donations of any amount help us.
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NodeBB Update on Activitypub Development
Hello everybody! As January draws to a close, I often wonder where the time went. It seems like just yesterday that we celebrate the arrival of 2024 My last...
Scientific Study analyzing impact of Reddit Migration on Lemmy
Decentralized alternatives like Mastodon and Lemmy are gaining popularity in response to growing complaints about centralized social media platforms such as Twitter and Reddit, which frequently prioritize business interests over user experience. This study employs a mixed-methods approach to scrutin...
Activitypub-Federation 0.5.0 released
This release consists mostly of bug fixes and minor improvements. Biggest change is the removal of the builtin federation queue as Lemmy implemented its own persistent queue. Now there is only a si...
This library is responsible for federation in Lemmy, and can also be used by other Rust projects.
Activitypub-Federation 0.5.0 released
This release consists mostly of bug fixes and minor improvements. Biggest change is the removal of the builtin federation queue as Lemmy implemented its own persistent queue. Now there is only a si...
This library is responsible for federation in Lemmy, and can also be used by other Rust projects.
Lemmy Development Update 2023-12-22
Here is our regular update that explains what we have been working on for the past two weeks. This should allow average users to keep up with development, without reading Github comments or knowing how to program.
Last Friday we finally released Lemmy 0.19.0, after a long development time and extensive bug fixing. Read the announcement to find out about the major changes. A few days later on Wednesday we had to publish 0.19.1 to fix a few more bugs that slipped through.
@phiresky fixed the critical bug with outgoing federation in 0.19. Previously he fixed an authentication bug in lemmy-ui which was blocking the 0.19 release.
@dessalines fixed the broken logic for "hide read posts". He also fixed a problem with email login being case sensitive
@nutomic reenabled pushing to crates.io so Rust developers can easily interact with Lemmy. He also made performance optimizations for /api/v3/site and the optimized the Activitypub context sent by Lemmy, reducing the database size and the amount of data sent between instances. He fixed various tests to prevent random failures in continuous integration 1 2
@dullbananas has long been busy improving the database queries for Lemmy, such as fixing a bug in the way different posts sorts are combined, and improving the test cases.
This is our last update for 2023. It was a very busy year for Lemmy, and it looks like 2024 might have even more changes in store. So lets enjoy these holidays, have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Support development
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If you like using Lemmy, and want to make sure that we will always be available to work full time building it, consider donating to support its development. Recurring donations are ideal because they allow for long-term planning. But also one-time donations of any amount help us.
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What would be a good name for a federated Wikipedia?
Let's say someone created a Wikipedia clone with Activitypub support, so you can freely read and edit articles on other servers. Basically the same way that Lemmy works. What would be a good name for such a project? Bonus points if the name goes with a cute animal mascot.
Edit: Here you can see the names of existing Fediverse projects.
Lemmy Development Update 2023-12-01
Here is our regular update that explains what we have been working on for the past two weeks. This should allow average users to keep up with development, without reading Github comments or knowing how to program.
This week we finally started deploying 0.19 release candidates to lemmy.ml, as a final testing step before release. Unfortunately there are some nasty authentication which we have been attempting to debug all week, without success so far. So it will take some more time to fix this and other issues before publishing the final version.
@rasklyd made Lemmy releases for ARM64 platforms possible. @kroese did the same for lemmy-ui. This means that official releases from Lemmy 0.19 will work on devices such as Raspberry Pi.
@dessalines has been very busy attempting to fix the previously mentioned authentication bug. He also worked on other bug fixes and upgraded Jerboa for Lemmy 0.19.
@nutomic again fixed various problems that were introduced during 0.19 development, to get ready for the release.
@Sleeplessone1917 implemented the frontend for user settings import/export. He also started work on an overhaul of context menus.
Support development
@dessalines and @nutomic are working full-time on Lemmy to integrate community contributions, fix bugs, optimize performance and much more. This work is funded exclusively through donations.
If you like using Lemmy, and want to make sure that we will always be available to work full time building it, consider donating to support its development. Recurring donations are ideal because they allow for long-term planning. But also one-time donations of any amount help us.
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- Open Collective
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Lemmy 0.19.0-rc.5 and Development Update 2023-11-17
Here is our regular update that explains what we have been working on for the past two weeks. This should allow average users to keep up with development, without reading Github comments or knowing how to program.
@Neshura87 submitted the first ever RFC for Lemmy! It describes how post tags can be implemented.
0.19.0 is getting closer and closer to release, but we are still busy squashing bugs and getting lemmy-ui ready. For now there is another release candidate deployed on voyager.lemmy.ml for testing. Here is the full list of changes since the last release candidate for Lemmy and lemmy-ui
@nutomic fixed a bug with following local communities in the release candidate. He added a first integration test for image uploads.
@dessalines has been busy updating lemmy-ui to account for Lemmy API changes, and squashing various bugs like an issue with timezone db migrations, adding a creator_is_admin field to Post and Comment views.
@SleeplessOne1917 has implemented support for settings import/export in lemmy-ui, as well as some bug fixes.
Support development
@dessalines and @nutomic are working full-time on Lemmy to integrate community contributions, fix bugs, optimize performance and much more. This work is funded exclusively through donations.
If you like using Lemmy, and want to make sure that we will always be available to work full time building it, consider donating to support its development. Recurring donations are ideal because they allow for long-term planning. But also one-time donations of any amount help us.
- Liberapay (preferred option)
- Open Collective
- Patreon
- Cryptocurrency (scroll to bottom of page)
Documentary about Palestinian-Swedish band Kofia
Home page of kofiafilm. Kofia is the explosive story of Europe's first Palestinian band, told first hand by its musicians. This short film charts Kofia's journey over four decades, bringing the exile sounds of the Palestinian revolution into a 21st Centur
Unfortunately their albums are hard to find online