owlMay 17, 2022
One of the #GoToSocial devs said it was cursed, and maybe it is, but I still think GTS comes much closer to what software like this should be like.

You have a computer connected to the internet, you obtain a program, and run it.

You don't have to care what it's written in or install a bunch of dev tools, like with Mastodon, where installation docs go on about Node JS, Yarn, Ruby, whatever.

Just provide a binary package. If you can't do that, you picked the wrong tools for the job, IMO.

And of course it's good that it's less wasteful.
I'm running this on the cheapest local VPS that I could find (on renewable energy of course) and I have plenty of headroom.

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Show threadRafael Carício 🇺🇦

@owl I think that is the way to go indeed. Mastodon is too big/complicated that's why I'm not even considering trying to run it myself. That is from someone that has worked with Ruby on Rails for ~3 years.

Misskey I also do not even consider... I want to stay away from JS and its ecosystem as much as possible.

So I feel I'm left with GoToSocial and Pleroma.

May 17, 2022 at 9:44amWeb
Show threadowlMay 17, 2022
@rafael Yeah.
I was hoping a Rust alternative would appear, but this is just as good, from a user point of view.
The only downside is that I don't know Go, so I can't really help out on it.
Show threadRafael Carício 🇺🇦May 17, 2022

@owl Rust  

Yeah, I was really hoping to find some Rust alternative. The ones I've found so far are either not for microblogging or abandoned. Such a pity, because I think I would be much more willing to help with the development.

I know Golang enough to modify anything I might want in the GoToSocial source code. I just need to find the motivation to write Go...  But I joined the chat rooms and might send some patches in the future. If you want to try, I believe Golang is quite easy to pick up.. especially compared to Rust (I'm assuming you know Rust).

I want to try GoToSocial, but right now I am checking out Pleroma. Then I can compare what works better for me.