It’s basically a RAID + File shares like SMB.

Loads of DIY options, but I use a Synology so I don’t need to mess with anything.

I think you just described using a NAS as primary storage.

that doesn’t require I keep a full local copy of all the data

So you want a local self hosted backup, but also not a full copy? So like backup only recently changed files?

Are we talking personal offsite backup, or a commercial cloud service?

For cloud backups I like BackBlaze but I’ve never tried to use it as a general cloud storage drive.

It simulates at 1 year per second, 31 million times normal speed.

Very cool, but tap target for acceleration is hard for me to hit.

A sort should not by any means be slow to implement.

Sure, if the sort key is something readily available. But for scaled sort they have to compute relative size/activity of the communities the specific user is in. The cost isn’t the sort, it’s computing the metric.

Is it really a lot of work for an experienced dev? I can pick up most new languages in a day or 2 unless it’s a total paradigm shift.

I’m a Java developer and I would much rather pick up Rust to join an active project than try to rebuild something that already works using a less-marketable language.

I have a hard time believing that rewriting the backend from scratch would be faster than getting PRs approved on the main project.

Forks like this with one guy who “knows best” usually die a slow quiet death as they get left behind by the main project.

I like Voyager a lot but it might be iOS only.

I agree, the Israeli government only commits some of the atrocities on that list. It’s anti-semitic to say rape when only sexual assault and murder are well-documented. /s

A self selected list of nerds publishing their interests is a flashback to the 1990’s.

Anyone remember the Geek Code?

Troll circumvents rarely used Fedi privacy feature that was being abused by Facebook to preserve their walled garden.

Hopefully this causes the authenticated fetch to be redesigned.

I’ve pirated old games because I don’t remember where the floppies are, let alone a floppy drive.

Sorry but Threads is read-only to the Fediverse.

I couldn’t find a MAU count either, but the largest, default community is Discuit with current 4,594 members, which I suspect is not too far below lifetime active users.

As a point of comparison, the largest Lemmy instance, lemmy.world has 12k MAUs out of 143k lifetime users. If this ratio is the same on Discuit, would imply about 400 MAUs.

You don’t seem to cover voting and feed ranking at all.

I always cook shiitakes because it tastes better, but you’ve given me an even better reason.

TL; Don’t Read German