cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/9631322

Here is our regular update that explains what we have been working on for the past two weeks. This should allow average users to keep up with development, without reading Github comments or knowing how to program.

Last Friday we finally released Lemmy 0.19.0, after a long development time and extensive bug fixing. Read the announcement to find out about the major changes. A few days later on Wednesday we had to publish 0.19.1 to fix a few more bugs that slipped through.

@phiresky fixed the critical bug with outgoing federation in 0.19. Previously he fixed an authentication bug in lemmy-ui which was blocking the 0.19 release.

@dessalines fixed the broken logic for “hide read posts”. He also fixed a problem with email login being case sensitive

@nutomic reenabled pushing to crates.io so Rust developers can easily interact with Lemmy. He also made performance optimizations for /api/v3/site and the optimized the Activitypub context sent by Lemmy, reducing the database size and the amount of data sent between instances. He fixed various tests to prevent random failures in continuous integration 1 2

@dullbananas has long been busy improving the database queries for Lemmy, such as fixing a bug in the way different posts sorts are combined, and improving the test cases.

This is our last update for 2023. It was a very busy year for Lemmy, and it looks like 2024 might have even more changes in store. So lets enjoy these holidays, have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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@dessalines and @nutomic are working full-time on Lemmy to integrate community contributions, fix bugs, optimize performance and much more. This work is funded exclusively through donations.

If you like using Lemmy, and want to make sure that we will always be available to work full time building it, consider donating to support its development. Recurring donations are ideal because they allow for long-term planning. But also one-time donations of any amount help us.

  • Avid AmoebaOPEnglish
    7·
    11 months ago

    Support the Lemmy development team if you can afford it. The funding at the moment is enough to fund a single developer. The core team is comprised of 2 developers and their goal is to be able to fund 3. They’re asking for €4.16K/mo per person in order to be able to do this full-time, which is not a lot. If you’re not struggling yourself, you’re enjoying Lemmy and you want to see it grow into a sustainable alternative, spare a coffee or two per month for these folks.

    Not mentioning Lemmy.ca because it’s much cheaper to fund for now, and its current funding isn’t short AFAIK. :)

    • corsicanguppyEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      So glad the “hide read posts” regression is fixed. Woot!

  • TroyEnglish
    3·
    11 months ago

    I don’t know if this is something that can be set server side, but I’d recommend Scaled as the default sort for all new lemmy.ca users. It’s so much better at showing content from the smaller communities. In particular, city communities don’t get buried this way.