frontend VS apollo-backend

Shameless plug: https://rings.social (GPLv3) is my attempt to build a Reddit-like social network

You can do the opposite: take the Reddit apps that aren't working anymore, do a one line change [1] (to use https://api.rings.social) and you're now able to use a Reddit client to browse Rings [2][3] - a Reddit API compatible content-voting platform licensed as AGPLv3.

[1]: https://github.com/rings-social/Infinity-For-Rings/commit/cd...

[2]: https://rings.social

[3]: https://github.com/rings-social

https://github.com/rings-social/frontend/issues/7

Hello HN!

I'm building https://rings.social in response to the Reddit API changes.

My goal is to add a compatibility layer for Reddit clients, so that the switch to Rings will include the already existing apps (Sync, RIF, Apollo, Boost, Infinity, ...).

To try it out on your own, you can compile a version of Infinity for Reddit [1] by doing a one line change [2] that uses either https://api.rings.social or your own backend running on your network.

Please, be aware, the project is still work in progress - you're free to contribute to it and send PRs. You can also help us shape the future of the project via GitHub, email or Slack. By commenting on this thread you'll already help shape it.

[1]: https://github.com/Docile-Alligator/Infinity-For-Reddit

[2]: https://github.com/Docile-Alligator/Infinity-For-Reddit/blob...

Since all the great mobile apps are shutting down due to the new API policy at Reddit, I'm building a Reddit-API compatible alternative called rings.social. The idea is to have a Reddit alternative that has a compatibility layer with the Reddit API, so that migrating away from Reddit (for the mobile app developers) is effortless.

The project is still ongoing, but developers can contribute to the frontend on GitHub and everyone can discuss about it on Slack

I believe this endpoint is the only way to retrieve json with posts from Reddit, so every single app would use it. Even Apollo used it, although it did it with OAuth. See this line:

https://github.com/christianselig/apollo-backend/blob/ab04b2...

Disclaimer: it's been quite a while since I've last looked into Reddit API, so I could easily be wrong.

I'd consider platform and infra tools the kind of projects that require DSA. As for product, this is the typical kind of projects I've worked on: https://github.com/christianselig/apollo-backend which doesn't have any LC stuff. But I get that things are very different in big tech / FAANGS.

Since Apollo’s backend server is now open sourced, it'd be great if we could install the server on a Raspberry Pi or something so one can get notifications and other features that rely on it.

5. Apollo Backend: - Set up an Apollo backend server using a community-driven platform like https://github.com/christianselig/apollo-backend. - Design and implement the backend infrastructure for SecurIoT, including data storage, authentication, and API endpoints. - Integrate the backend with the frontend components of SecurIoT. - Thoroughly test the backend functionality, ensuring it supports the required operations and scalability.

The Backend was open sourced to counter U/spez Bullshit arguments about inefficient code creating too many API requests

See here https://github.com/christianselig/apollo-backend

On this same call, Huffman claimed that Apollo employed "scraping", a technique of programmatically fetching a webpage to process its contents.[d] Scraping is largely considered bad practice in web resource development, as it is not using resources as they were intended, and can be costly to the party being scraped. This is especially true when the same data is available via an API (Application Programming Interface), which is the intended method of programmatically fetching website content. Christian refutes Huffman's accusation, and has open-sourced Apollo's server code to prove it does not scrape reddit. I have seen no credible claims or evidence that Huffman is correct.

You could totally do everything you want to, except it's not as simple as making Reddit API requests because there's this: https://github.com/christianselig/apollo-backend

Apollos is here https://github.com/christianselig/apollo-backend