Seems like an interesting effort. A developer is building an alternative Java-based backend to Lemmy's Rust-based one, with the goal of building in a handful of different features. The dev is looking at using this compatibility to migrate their instance over to the new platform, while allowing the community to use their apps of choice.

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[–] Blaze@discuss.online 17 points 10 months ago (44 children)

I have higher hopes. Java is three times more developers than Rust (https://www.statista.com/statistics/793628/worldwide-developer-survey-most-used-languages/), and you can see in this thread a number of people saying they could contribute as they know Java and not Rust.

Let's hope for the best.

[–] Fudoshin@feddit.uk 21 points 10 months ago (32 children)

Java is a corporate language that most devs hate. Rust (Lemmy) is more popular as a hobby language that devs enjoy hacking in for fun.

[–] Blaze@discuss.online 8 points 10 months ago (25 children)

Hm, Java is hated by devs, but still 2nd language on GitHub with 11,7% of the total code hosted, while Rust is number 13 with 1,8%?

https://madnight.github.io/githut/#/pull_requests/2023/4

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How much of that 11.7% is 35-character class names?

I'm only half joking.

[–] magic_lobster_party@kbin.social 7 points 10 months ago

It’s by amount of pull requests, so the length of class names and other Java boilerplate doesn’t count.

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