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Lemmy and my Switch to PieFed (jeena.net)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by jeena@piefed.jeena.net to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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TLDR: The main reason was Lemmy hogging server resources.

Last year, during the Reddit 2023 API controversy I finally deleted my account and moved on to Lemmy. Here’s a look at my experiences and why I eventually decided to switch to PieFed.

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[–] ashtrix@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Interesting and PieFed looks promising

[–] maegul@lemmy.ml 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think there's a pretty fair argument that more common and easier languages and tech stacks are preferable platforms for smaller more personal instances ... just the comfort of being able to modify and debug is probably worth whatever other tradeoffs may be encountered. Python, naturally, is basically a prime candidate. So yea, PieFed seems very cool, especially for personal servers and they've got a good performance profile.

[–] Blaze@reddthat.com 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

On that topic, are you guys still doing the Rust book club?

[–] maegul@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

Ha, yea! If you know rust, then you don’t need to reach for Python (right?!). Plus the main motivation was to contribute to lemmy itself while also learning rust. That another platform is good for personal instances doesn’t change that, though piefed does seem cool and I can see myself wanting to get involved with it at some point.