Reddit Sync Dev Gauging Interest on Developing Sync for Lemmy

Morning all, As the July deadline approaches I've been considering working on Sync for Lemmy. So I thought I'd start by trying to gauge...

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Morning all,
As the July deadline approaches I've been considering working on Sync for Lemmy.
So I thought I'd start by trying to gauge interest and start a general discussion.
Cheers,
Ljdawson

Update #1 from u/ljdawson:

Ok looks like this is happening.
Time for a new subreddit here, more to follow on Lemmy shortly:
https://reddit.com/r/SyncforLemmy

Update #2 from u/ljdawson with an official lemmy community:

... https://lemmy.world/c/syncforlemmy ...?
Yup that was me earlier!

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Sync is soooo aesthetically pleasing. (I'm a sucker for full MaterialYou implementation) I'd love it if I could continue using it on Lemmy, and would happily pay a second time.
- Imagine the smoothness of Sync for Reddit while surfing through the Fediverse.... Not my proudest bonner.
  
  the backend for lemmy would have to get a lot more reliable, but i get you
- Absolutely! I've used it for a very long time and I'll happily pay again.
- Material design is one of the main things I think about when looking for an app

I'm stoked as hell, Sync was my reddit app of choice. I bought Pro, Dev, and Ultra throughout the years, just to support Lawrence.
Does Sync have a Lemmy presence? I can't check the subreddit since I don't have the reddit app. 😑
- Check current update to the above post.

Jerboa is pretty dog crap, so having Sync or Apollo switch to supporting Lemmy, Tildes, Kbin, etc would be great.
- Disagree, Jerboa is actually pretty damn good. Some QOL updates are needed sure, but over all it's good.
- Disagree, Jerboa is actually pretty damn good. Some QOL updates are needed sure, but over all it's good.

Great to see another app for this part of fediverse.
A humble request, great to see people willing to buy the app to support the developer. The request is to direct a similar support to the developers of lemmy. Every dollar counts.
No shade to anyone who can't donate, those who can please consider this request.

~~Fledgling community over at https://lemmy.ml/c/syncforlemmy too although it's not official.~~
Edit: !syncforlemmy@lemmy.world official one modded by ljdawsom himself.
- I believe the "official" community is at https://lemmy.world/c/syncforlemmy
  
  This the one issue I have with Lemmy, which one is the right one?

And the author of Boost, my reddit app of choice, appears to be considering too :D
https://lemmy.world/c/boostforlemmy
- Sadly, rmayayo has said that he will not be working on a boost app for lemmy:
  
  oh, rip :(
- Oh man, if he makes boost for lemmy it will really complete the package for me.

Man this truly made my day. Let's goooooo!

RIP my front page

The more the merrier, but I'll only use open source apps on my device.

Sync was my weapon of choice for Reddit. I will be so happy if ljdawson develops it for Lemmy!

Yesssss let's make it happen! Pro version will be a day one purchase once it is available.

Hope it can also support kbin.
- I would expect it to go similar to how many mastodon-related projects have somewhat mastodon compatible APIs and some apps can handle basic functionality across several platforms. It's probably for the best to still make small modules for each one to handle differences but it seems very feasible. Or as others have suggested someone can make a library that implements both and provides a stable interface for app devs wanting to support both easily.
- Please please please!
- Me too. I actually have accounts on both but I prefer Kbin.