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Mlem for Lemmy

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Hi, Mlem App Community.

As many of you have probably already seen, our founder David has left the project. We wanted to take a moment to address this news and any concerns it may cause within our community.

First and foremost, we want to make it unequivocally clear that we harbor no resentment or hard feelings towards David. We understand that he made this choice for his own well-being and support him for it. He was a joy to work with, and without his leadership or vision the Mlem app would not be what it is today or what it will be tomorrow. David, if you're reading this: we thank you, and wish you all the best.

Development of Mlem will continue. All of us still on the the team remain as engaged and passionate as we were yesterday and continue to work tirelessly to bring you the best Lemmy experience we can. It is no secret, however, that this news was as much of a surprise to us as it was to you all, and it has introduced a couple of hitches in the short term. The GitHub repository where we store our code has been passed to another member of the team, but the App Store app could not be transferred so easily. We will be rebranding our App Store name to "Mlem for Lemmy"; the app will still appear as "Mlem" on your homescreen. As David mentioned, the current TestFlight beta has ended, and we will provide a link to a new one ASAP. The timing of that depends on Apple more than anything, so we cannot provide a concrete timeframe just yet. We'll keep you posted with links here in this community.

We thank you for your patience, your understanding, and all of your support.

-- The Mlem App Team

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[–] biff@lemmy.ca 41 points 2 years ago

Best wishes and gratitude to David, and thank you for the update!

[–] zalack@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

As much as I think he could have handled the transition a little more gracefully, it's good to see an open source maintainer recognizing when they are no longer making their life better by working on a project.

So many open source devs burn themselves out by continuing to work on projects that no longer spark joy out of a sense of obligation.

This also should be a reminder to the community NOT to harass devs if a project is making choices you don't agree with. The reason most maintainers contribute to open source is the hope that people will like and use their software. Getting messages that indicate people don't like their work and won't use their software is the quickest way to kill someone's enthusiasm for their little corner of FOSS.

[–] activepeople@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago

not just that, but demand customer support for something that was supposed to be a hobby

[–] Codo@slrpnk.net 16 points 2 years ago

Also thank you to the Mlem team for such a prompt and clear message to the community. You guys rule.

[–] Codo@slrpnk.net 14 points 2 years ago

Thanks for everything Dave! Wouldn’t have made the leap to Lemmy were it not for the app you’d been a part of.

[–] GilbertGarfield@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the hard work.

[–] TheRaven@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago

David, you’re a hero for creating such a great app, and you’re a hero for looking after your mental health. Thanks for bringing the app to where it is now.

[–] darknavi@vlemmy.net 7 points 2 years ago

Working on Mlem has been a real joy. Glad to see so many love it as much as us.

Can't wait to get builds rolling out again!

[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 6 points 2 years ago

Keep up the good work and good luck to David and thank you for the amazing work you have done!

[–] BigHungryChicken@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Only just got into Lemmy and I loved Apollo on Reddit so I can’t wait to see where this goes I wish you all the best

[–] MrTHXcertified@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

More words of gratitude to David and the rest of the team for their work. <3

[–] Athena@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Will new people be able to sign up to the TestFlight beta? Tried to get in on the previous one but I think it was full

[–] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago

As a matter of fact, everyone will have to sign up for the new TestFlight beta, as the previous one no longer exists.

Keep an eye out for the post announcing the new TestFlight beta, which will also be a new build with several big updates that we're excited to bring to the community!

[–] vaguerant@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I dunno about this, how new are these people? Babies are notoriously bad software testers.

[–] erezac@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

You should probably make a post people using your app can read 😅

[–] astromd 1 points 2 years ago

Does the new name mean you won’t ever add Kbin support?

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