In case any of you are itching to know where I am with this, I’m still working on it; last few days I upgraded a few of the libraries to simplify the build process, and laid the groundwork for a modern app database so I can hook up the offline mode stuff, and some of the other pages more dependent on local data. I know its not very visible stuff though, so I’ve been holding off tagging a new version until I add at least one new feature. I could probably use some testing soon so likely I’ll implement either posting, commenting, or the Go to Subreddit box for browsing to a specific community, unless there’s something you want more?

  • OptimisticPrime@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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    1 year ago

    It is great that you do this, I am just wondering if this is maybe too much work compared to a rewrite? Just thinking of what the original developer said, codebase was in too bad shape for fixing much and he wanted to start from scratch.

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      1 year ago

      I think it didn’t help that he was probably quite sick of the codebase. I’m new to it, and I at least have a plan for the modernization, so it should go okay! Just a shame that a lot of it is behind-the-scenes work for now to get something that fully works. Also, personally I hate frontend work anyway so having a preexisting world class UI is a big win