Is the kbin project completely dead?

the repo has nothing going on

the kbin.social website partly loads with error

did it just evaporate? or what?

  • originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
    124·
    5 months ago

    the original developer mentioned handing off the site/project to other people due to personal issues but that was like a month ago.

    this is part of the reason it was forked to mbin. the risk of a project being managed by a single person instead of a community is very real.

    it seems dead, but i like to remember there would be no mbin without kbin

    • wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io
      141·
      5 months ago

      True that, I just took a look at the FAQ and it still references kbin.

      Question, how do we donate to this project?

      • BentiGorlich@gehirneimer.de
        19·
        5 months ago

        We do not have a “project fund” or something like that. Some of us have donation sites to keep the servers running:

        My opinion: I do not want to get paid to develop mbin. That creates an obligation and turns it into something like a job. I already have a job and intend to keep it, additionally I don’t want to take the fun out of developing mbin. To commit to it full time or apply for grants or anything would currently be a big mistake I think

        • Ludrol@szmer.infoEnglish
          82·
          5 months ago

          I do not want to get paid to develop mbin.

          In couple of years you will burn out doing this for free. Not getting paid opens up the project for another Jia Tan to come along and smuggle malware.

          There was recent talk by Rockstar Programmer Dylan Beattie that highlighted this problem. His website https://freeasinweekend.org/ and YT talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzYqxo13I1U

          You don’t need to go 100% job or 100% mbin. You could theoretically go for less hours (like Fridays off) to work on mbin.

          • BentiGorlich@gehirneimer.de
            9·
            5 months ago

            Maybe in the future. Currently so few people are using mbin that I doubt it would be any substantial amount. It also creates a lot more work when doing your taxes. So yeah if mbin gets a user base like lemmy currently has this would be another story. But it does not and it does not look like we will be there any time soon

      • jwr1@kbin.earth
        11·
        5 months ago

        I don’t think there is a way to donate (monetarily) directly to Mbin, at least not at the moment.

        The second best thing might would be to donate to server admins, which a lot of them actually are Mbin developers anyway.