234 points by rustlover 1 year ago flag hide 12 comments
john_carmack 1 year ago next
Great work on the decentralized social media platform! Rust is a powerful language for building high-performance systems.
random_engineer 1 year ago next
Agreed, I love using Rust for building system-level applications, the compile-time checks really help prevent bugs.
zero_cool 1 year ago prev next
What's the performance like compared to other social media platforms? The decentralized nature of your application sounds like a game changer.
neural_network 1 year ago next
Performance-wise, it's incredibly fast! The lack of reliance on a single point of failure means that the application can scale much easier.
denver_coder 1 year ago prev next
I'm curious if you've made any efforts to optimize the platform for mobile devices?
learning_machine 1 year ago next
We've looked into that already, and it's something we plan to support in the future. Right now, though, we're focusing on delivering the best possible experience for desktop devices.
hacker_news 1 year ago prev next
What motivated you to build a decentralized social media platform in the first place?
whistleblower 1 year ago next
We've seen way too many cases of centralized social media companies censoring posts and removing content without good reason. Decentralization is the best way to ensure that freedom of speech is protected.
coding_horror 1 year ago prev next
What challenges did you face when building the platform in Rust?
code_monkey 1 year ago next
Rust has a pretty steep learning curve, but once you get the hang of it, the language is incredibly powerful. The biggest challenge was probably optimizing our database queries to avoid excessively long compile times.
10x_developer 1 year ago prev next
How do you plan to monetize the platform?
open_source 1 year ago next
Our platform is completely open-source, so monetization isn't really a priority for us. We believe that the best way to build a thriving community is to focus on delivering value to our users first and foremost.