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Hi! New to kbin, I'd like to know more about the native app that is coming! (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by gcacoutinho@kbin.social to c/kbinMeta@kbin.social

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Hi folks, I just joined kbin in an attempt to avoid R-word.

On kbin's site there is a section about an upcoming app, I'd love to know more about it an how can I contribute.

I'm an iOS Developer and I would really like to help kbin grow fast and with the best experience possible.

The official project (if I can call it that) is made in Dart but I was looking for an app like Christian Selig did for R-word, Apollo, using the latest iOS technologies and with a familiar UI to the iPhone user.

I'm not even sure if this is the right magazine (I hate this name ahahaha) for this but I thought I'd give it a try.

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[–] clb92@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

There's no official API for Kbin yet. The fact that there are any apps being worked on for Kbin at all yet is a miracle. I would have prioritized an API as a very urgent feature in order to let app developers get some good apps out as soon as possible, to take advantage of the initial Reddit migration hype. Lemmy has a big advantage over Kbin because of all the apps that are coming out right now. Not that it's a competition, of course. Kbin has around 50.000 users already, as far as I know. And the Kbin devs have a lot on their plates already, some of which is critical to allow the site to work well for this number of users.

So, it's easy for me to sit here and say what I think they should have prioritized differently. I don't have all the inside information, so take my opinion with a grain of salt. I'm really happy that Kbin is doing as well as it is now. @ernest has been working tirelessly, and I hope it becomes something he can live off of too, somehow.