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So, for the past...what, week or so? I've been working on a side project with @gianlu. It's the PretendYoureXyzzy fork - our attempt to rejuvenate an old shitty piece of software.

I had started working on a fork alone, and then he asked to team up so I was like "Sure, I got nothing better to do." So, he's working on the backend (and hooking JS up to the backend) and I'm developing the frontend.

I don't know why I thought tech would stand still. Google says they're putting MDL on life support and replacing it with a much more complex successor, MDC. It's not hard to use, but what really bugs me is the lack of notice on getmdl.io. If you are switching to another project as your main focus, why the fuck wouldn't you advertise in the most places possible?

Granted, I don't do web design and/or development on the daily. Yes, I can do it, but I'm not always as up-to-date with web technologies as I'd like to be.

However, the screencap captured is the third time I've taken the knife to the UI. MDC is great tooling, at least to me. That dialog? Not something MDL would've had out the box on the first day. You'd have to work for that.

I don't have an issue with MDC, I have an issue with the lack of PR around it.

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  • 3
    Nice, looks good based on the screenshot, have a url for it?
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    @AL1L The code for it is on GitHub, but one of us is 16 and the other is 19 and neither seem to have the funds to host it at the moment (it's in Java, so your standard "shared" PHP host won't do any good).
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    @mgagemorgan if you know how to use CentOS, I have a bunch of space on my VPS you can use. I have enough funds to keep it online for at least a year.
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    @AL1L Yes, I can definitely do RedHat-based stuff. I was on Fedora for quite some time before I moved to Antergos. And I helped a friend test this on a Fedora VM.

    Sounds good, I'll probably post a rant when this thing comes closer to being finished. Unfortunately I haven't had time to work on it outside of testing in awhile, I've been on the move with college work - but @Gianlu has done a metric shit ton of work and I commend him for continuing to push forward when I haven't been able to.
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    @mgagemorgan what's the best way to contact you outside of devRant?
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    @AL1L Do you have Discord? mgage#0356
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