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Re: Show HN: We built a terminal-only Bluesky / AT Proto client written in Fortran

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Post by FormerLabFred »

hk1337 wrote: post #16

Are there any other AT protocol apps that aren’t derivatives of bluesky? By that I mean, not social media feed related, twitter clone.

Don’t know if people are building GitHub-like systems, offline-first app sync etc

Many devs reuse schema and write some twitter/bsky clone

Kind of search engine for my Blueaky likes

Gotta get off the timeline, germ has a messaging app, then there is Tangled and some more

We do Fortransky and Cobolsky now, got more ideas for the protocol than time :)

Re: Show HN: We built a terminal-only Bluesky / AT Proto client written in Fortran

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Post by FormerLabFred »

iameli wrote: post #19
hk1337 wrote: post #16

Are there any other AT protocol apps that aren’t derivatives of bluesky? By that I mean, not social media feed related, twitter clone.

Yep lots! Mine is a livestreaming service: https://stream.place Also a great blogging platform: https://leaflet.pub Here's a goal tracker: https://goals.garden This one just dropped recently; it's 44 different atproto-related apps with a cyberpunk theme: https://www.aetheros.computer/ Lots others mentioned here: https://blueskydirectory.com/

AT conference in a couple of days. In Vancouver. Bet they are all there and the rest of the AT bunch.

Re: Show HN: We built a terminal-only Bluesky / AT Proto client written in Fortran

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Post by FormerLabFred »

h4ch1 wrote: post #20

It's always nice to see production codebases in languages that you've never used but are interested in. Tangential, but to the author, are there any FORTRAN codebases you feel are well designed?

Good reminder to dig around. Will check. We picked up the Fortran manual and just went for it.

The original Manual exists as a PDF. Was it in a Stuttgart uni URL? Just a search away.

Late in Sweden, gotta Fortran tomorrow. Happy to continue discussion here tomorrow.

Re: Show HN: We built a terminal-only Bluesky / AT Proto client written in Fortran

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Post by linolevan »

FormerLabFred wrote: post #21
hk1337 wrote: post #16

Are there any other AT protocol apps that aren’t derivatives of bluesky? By that I mean, not social media feed related, twitter clone.

Don’t know if people are building GitHub-like systems, offline-first app sync etc Many devs reuse schema and write some twitter/bsky clone Kind of search engine for my Blueaky likes Gotta get off the timeline, germ has a messaging app, then there is Tangled and some more We do Fortransky and Cobolsky now, got more ideas for the protocol than time :)

https://tangled.org/ that's all I'm aware of

(edit) Oops, just saw that you mentioned it, confused by your first line then. Tangled is awesome!

Re: Show HN: We built a terminal-only Bluesky / AT Proto client written in Fortran

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Post by kergonath »

pklausler wrote: post #11
enriquto wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> why fortran? why not? the language is straightforward and loops are fast. It is portable and your code will work unchanged for the next 50 years. It may be a bit verbose, but that's not a big deal with today's tooling.

Your code will work unchanged until you try to change compilers or your compiler adopts a J3 breaking change to the language.

> your compiler adopts a J3 breaking change to the language

Like all the 3 of them they added in the last 30 years, and that compiler vendors are not enforcing anyway because they don’t want to annoy their users?

Windows’ backward compatibility is a joke compared to Fortran.

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