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benjojo posted 07 Nov 2022 17:08 +0000

Upsides of fediverse:

[x] Software choice

Downside of fediverse:

[x] Software choice

I run Honk ( software that is currently only reachable by the internet archive https://web.archive.org/web/20220924163856/https://humungus.tedunangst.com/r/honk )

The upside to honk is it's amusing and compact code base, the downside to honk is it's amusing code base.

To help myself and promote the wonders, have this handy meme to help you understand how honk differs from the competition

benjojo replied 10 Nov 2022 18:12 +0000
in reply to: https://berserker.town/users/moffintosh/statuses/109319938201192791

@moffintosh sure, some time this weekend

benjojo replied 21 Nov 2022 11:22 +0000
in reply to: https://berserker.town/users/moffintosh/statuses/109320871253422160

@moffintosh Finally got around to it, https://github.com/benjojo/honk-benjojo

benjojo replied 13 Nov 2022 15:26 +0000
in reply to: https://dima.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/u/spaeth/h/TSQdyS5L4kV11V1n72

@spaeth Good point, I've badonked you in return

benjojo replied 07 Nov 2022 17:11 +0000
in reply to: https://benjojo.co.uk/u/benjojo/h/21cJh6Fsdx1rLHGhDm

I have a internal fork of honk, that has a jumbo 600+ line diff that attempts to make sense of the all of the names in the codebase.

Here is just an example of the wonders of the honk codebase.

benjojo replied 07 Nov 2022 17:18 +0000
in reply to: https://p.eta.st/objects/21e8627a-d1ad-4425-8ae1-28947265bb86

@eta oh don't worry, junk.Junk is just a string map interface, it's so you can decode any junk, obviously! (without decoding it to a struct)

benjojo replied 08 Nov 2022 00:11 +0000
in reply to: https://hostux.social/users/alarig/statuses/109305277529903727

@alarig I bet it's a markdown thing.
Assuming there was not just a line break.

But I bet there was one now?

benjojo replied 11 Nov 2022 14:33 +0000
in reply to: https://chaos.social/users/ve0hak/statuses/109324892992869000

I have not had that problem. Though I did have to alter some of Honk's code to expose a "server" user more. Otherwise some instances would not like me.

benjojo replied 09 Nov 2022 11:40 +0000
in reply to: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/MissAemilia/statuses/109312509518967715

I think honk was the most enjoyable code base I've read in years, Every symbol I jumped into was a gift that kept going!

Thanks @tedu

benjojo replied 09 Nov 2022 15:51 +0000
in reply to: https://triptico.com/social/angel/p/1668004786.354426

wow, written in C... That feels really brave :)

benjojo replied 09 Nov 2022 19:59 +0000
in reply to: https://andyd.uk/objects/d1aaaf02-d5ed-4286-923b-5ce7659bab3e

@andyd idk... honk is just a single binary, and two sqlite databases.

obvs you have to compile it, but other than that it's pretty run and play...

I mostly just spent the time to add features that I value (like avatars) back in, and while I was at it. make the codebase a little more readable to me ( a mere mortal )

Regardless, it's not a competition over who has the best fediverse software... because they are all horrifying by the looks of it ;)