brunofin

Hello guys, sorry for the lack of updates in the past few months.

In between fighting long covid and having a lack of time for maintaining alone a side project of this scale, I have decided to make Beyond open source. I will later this week migrate the tickets from Notion to github issues.

If anyone is interested in keeping this project alive, please let me know, I'd be happy to continue working on it in case there's interest, but with the amount of other Lemmy apps around at the moment, I feel like another one may not be needed.

Feel free to use the code as a study case. I did some interesting things in a few places, some other very questionable in others. My goal was to have a working app up and running asap and fix the weird things later knowingly that the most permanent fixes are the temporary ones lol

In any case, here's the source code, hope you enjoy it :)

https://github.com/Protolane/Beyond

Hi all, I moved away from Flex just yesterday and installed Jellyfin. Liking it so far, it's clean and uncluttered, but unfortunately it seems not all my files are being recognized and aren't showing in the library.

Mostly it looks like it's showing exclusively mkv files, but I have a bunch of Avi and vob files that used to be properly recognized in Plex. Any way to make those work?

I am running Jellyfin on Podman from Fedora 40 managed by systemd, using the official docker image. The container walkthrough mentioned other 2 alternative images, not sure if I should try one of them?

Thanks!

I don't mind cloud solutions that I need to pay as long as it's fair and the software is worth it. Having that said, I also don't mind one that simply exposes the stream and I need to setup my router to access it remotely.

They came as eggs with plants I bought months ago. I honestly don't have a problem with them but over the week their population EXPLODED. They are everywhere and covering almost the entire floor. I understand I may need to get rid of them but they are still are live beings and I dont want to be inhuman. How do I get rid of them?

https://imgur.com/gallery/mtIyOSJ

Hello, I've been a long time Linux user but I had a 5 years break and I am coming back to it now.

I've been trying several Linux distributions in the past week, installing the packages and configuring them as I need with several different orders of success.

My last case was an Ubuntu installation that I was very happy with and pretty close to call it setup and done, until I installed virtualbox and restarted the system only to find it bricked.

Obviously I could try to drop into one of the terminals on ctrl + alt + Fx and fix it, but I wonder if I could be smarter about it and be more prepared for this kind of situation.

One of the starting points I think would be having a separate home partition from the rest of the system. I used to have it in the past and it was great.

But then what's next? What are the best FS I could pick for each type of partition? A performant one to keep the code and package manager cache, a journaling/snapshop based one for system, another type for game data, etc etc.

What if I would like to have a snapshot of working version of my system backed up somewhere ready to restore as simple as simple as possible?

How do you configure your systems in order to quickly recover from an unexpected bricking without growing some more white hairs, and squeezing as much performance vs feature for each of your use case?

Hello everyone, I am very pleased to announce this new alpha version of Beyond. With this version, I am including a few new things:

• The insta-crashing app (sorry it took so long to Google to publish the update!);
• An improved login form experience with better feedback of errors and of when it's busy (this login form with still further be improved post alpha or beta stage);
• 2FA support;
• NSFW filter (it will be enabled by default meaning if you want to see NSFW content you need to enable that -- that's also the start of the bigger Filters feature);
• Error reports -- the app is now able to submit anonymous error reports with code stack traces so I can fix them faster and provide a better experience as quick as possible for you. The reports are completely anonymous and do not contain any sort of identifiable or traceable information besides what error happened and where in the code. If you are concerned about that please let me know and I can make that an opt-out feature in the next releases;
• Patreon link -- the app now has a Patreon page! If you like what you're seeing and would like to buy me a coffee or a car (the choice is yours! 😂) your support will be very much appreciated!

You can get the app here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=software.protolane.fediverseclient&hl=en&gl=US

I pushed an update fixing that 2 days ago but unfortunately Google is taking really long reviewing and approving the newer version, something that usually takes about 1h is taking days.

Unfortunately I can't do anything while the new version is in review, so my apologies for publishing a version that causes insta crash, and I am sorry Google is taking so long to publish the updated version fixing that.

Hello all, today I am releasing yet another small update to Beyond:

• Refresh posts and comments with pull to refresh;
• Add app version to the sidebar;
• Fixed a bug where posts and comments would stop loading and show an infinite loading spinner;
• Improved performance when loading lots of posts;
• Home screen background image uses the full height;
• Fixed a bug that caused the app to crash when loading comments from a post;
• Scroll position will reset to top on a new post;

You can get it here (please allow some time for Google Play to publish the release everywhere if you don't see the new version yet): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=software.protolane.fediverseclient

If you're interested in follow development status you can checkout the Notion page where I keep track of the roadmap: https://www.notion.so/brunofinger/Beyond-45cabaae7f724cd5ad2b77d902e9a97e?pvs=4

Thank you for all your support, and again if you find any bugs or have any suggestions, or anything at all, feel free to leave a comment!

Hello all, today I am releasing yet another small update to Beyond:

• Fix dark mode;
• Better handle expired sessions.

You can get it here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=software.protolane.fediverseclient

If you're interested in follow development status you can checkout the Notion page where I keep track of the roadmap: https://www.notion.so/brunofinger/Beyond-45cabaae7f724cd5ad2b77d902e9a97e?pvs=4

Thank you for all your support, and again if you find any bugs or have any suggestions, or anything at all, feel free to leave a comment!

I released today a new version of Beyond addressing a few issues. A small release but a big increase in functionality. Hope you enjoy it!

Release notes:

• Fix: Subscribed posts tab;
• Fix: Stability at switching between post type tabs;
• Feat: Logout;
• Fix: Anonymous card on sidebar;
• Feat: hide downvotes button based on instance rules.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=software.protolane.fediverseclient&hl=en&gl=US

Hello everyone, I am happy to announce Beyond has been approved into Google Play and is now available for open testing!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=software.protolane.fediverseclient&hl=en&gl=US

For those who may or may not have heard of Beyond, it was originally announced on Beehaw at https://beehaw.org/post/647773 and I am now creating the official community here on Lemm.ee so you can also subscribe and follow the development and be a part of the community.

As of my Beehaw account, I am not entirely sure what I will do with that due to the defederation anything posted from there won't reach the largers communities at lemmy.world and their users, so most probably I will keep this account at lemm.ee as my main one. I will also announce it from there so you guys know this is me and not someone else impersonating me here :)

Please keep in mind the app is in alpha mode and is not yet stable. It's designed with the community in mind, aiming to provide a smooth and inclusive experience for all users. We invite you to join us in refining and enhancing Beyond, by trying it out and providing your valuable feedback.

Current Features:

🔵 Multiple account support

🔵 Anonymous instance browsing

🔵 Solid posts and comments browsing by subscribed local and all modes

🔵 Sorting modes

🔵 Capability to add comments and replies

Please bear in mind that we still have a number of known issues to resolve:

⚠️ The dark mode is incomplete

⚠️ Occasionally, the app fails to load more posts

⚠️ A more streamlined login form is needed

⚠️ Avatar for anonymous users is currently not available

Future Roadmap:

I have big plans for Beyond and am excited to implement more features in the near future. I want to make Beyond the best way to enjoy Lemmy out there!

🔜 Remove account feature

🔜 Search functionality

🔜 Content filters (including NSFW)

🔜 Refresh posts and comments

🔜 Hide downvotes/upvotes button based on instance rules

🔜 Video player

🔜 Create account from the app

🔜 More nice stuff I don't want to reveal yet :)

I'm also planning to introduce alternative post layouts, enhance user profiles and improve the community view.

Your feedback and support are the cornerstone of Beyond's development, so don't hesitate to reach out.

Happy Testing!