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  • For sure. It’s the reason why I refuse to use apps that autoplay videos, including default reddit app, Twitter. I have YouTube Revanced which strips out the Shorts button and the section from the app itself. On desktop, I use an extension to remove shorts as well. However I’m way more addicted to consuming information. Text is where its at, (Tildes, HN, comments all over) maybe slightly less harmful compared to video but it’s not good for sure.





  • For real. I have been using DI to only mock infra and external services while keeping the actual code unmocked, and using an in memory db (we use Dynamodb so that’s easy) for testing. I write tests only at the interface level, send data in, mock infra, external services, and then assert side effects. Found this to work very well for now, especially for Lambdas which we have quite a lot of.

    Whenever we encounter a bug, we ensure that that case is captured in a unit test as well, but priority on integration tests.



  • Great explanation, thanks for the write up! I have a couple of questions, if I may.

    • So if I setup my own instance tomorrow, it’d be sending notifications of activity to all the other instances? Maybe I’d have to have a list of instances I’d like to notify? How does it discover the other instances?

    • If my instance is listening to all other instances? Won’t saving all posts take up a lot of disk space? I guess there is only text and link data and no media, but wouldn’t it add up fast as the number of users/instances grow ?



  • d0mtoSbubbyReddit is not so fun anymore, RIP RIF
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    2 years ago

    Tildes was actively not looking for exponential growth, and the drop in quality that sometimes accompanies it. It is not a Reddit alternative for most folks, who use it for cat pics, star wars memes, and outrage porn. It is for a niche of users who prefer slightly longer form, quality content, and knee jerk reactions and comments aren’t as valued over there. I like it, but both Lemmy and Tildes complement each other well rather than being directly against each other. Worst case, one can always browse Tildes without logging in. I don’t know why people rush to make accounts immediately, without waiting to get a vibe of the space.