Really dislike the "written in Rust" suffix all the time...
Why?
Because it being written in rust is only added to the title to attract the attention of evangelists. The rest of us don't care what its written in.
Libreddit: Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust
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Re: Libreddit: Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust
#52Best advice I heard regarding reddit: disable old redirect and embrace the new redesign. Outcome - my reddit browsing has become minimal, focused and no longer enjoyable for procrastination.
The worst aspect of the redesign is having to click 40 times to see all the comments in a 200+ comment thread, due to so many being auto-collapsed. Old reddit lets me see more content with far less work.
The quality of comments has become so poor as the median age of Reddit users has dropped into the teens, that I think that was a deliberate design choice.
Re: Libreddit: Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust
#53Re: Libreddit: Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust
#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why?
Because it being written in rust is only added to the title to attract the attention of evangelists. The rest of us don't care what its written in.
It's a useful signal though right?
This being written in Rust tells me it's probably going to be fast/lightweight. Go would be a similar expectation. If it's written in Rails I'd have different expectations. Python or Node might fall somewhere in the middle.
This project is a webserver you can host yourself, so having an idea of the resources required is very helpful.
Re: Libreddit: Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust
#55I use this as part of privacy redirect extension.
In general I patiently wait for RSS and Specializes forums to come back. Social-network silos are optimizing UX for engagement in era of shortest attention span known to man kind. The idea of useful and balanced interfaces is long gone.
Re: Libreddit: Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust
#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why?
Because it being written in rust is only added to the title to attract the attention of evangelists. The rest of us don't care what its written in.
Hm, I am not so sure about this. After all the site that you browse has a title of Hacker News. For me the information about "being written in rust" is exactly what I expect to read here.
Re: Libreddit: Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust
#57This is very slow for me, is it just my current internet? My connection is a bit iffy, I just wanted to see if it's slow for anyone else.
Re: Libreddit: Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust
#58Best advice I heard regarding reddit: disable old redirect and embrace the new redesign. Outcome - my reddit browsing has become minimal, focused and no longer enjoyable for procrastination.
I've done this too, I was using alternative clients as a crutch but I imagine they're just going to pull a Twitter at some point and kill off API access to third party clients.
Re: Libreddit: Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust
#59I think it's time we drop the "written in Rust" qualifier.
Although it's becoming tiresome I find myself more bothered by software that feels the need to incorporate the programming language into the app name. I think Go best lent itself to this and for a while it was starting to grate on me that "Go" had to be jammed into every app's name. Seems like the app and its purpose should be able to stand on merit alone.
Definitely agree, programming languages are tools. There's different tools for different jobs, but nobody says "Engine, proudly made with Wrench" or "Shed, proudly made with Hammer and Nails" because that would be ridiculous.