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Can you code? We need your help to improve lemmy (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 years ago by Gaywallet@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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About two days ago we found a bug with the registration system on lemmy. Because of this we have updated our registration process a few times, and cannot deny any applications as the person registering does not receive any message and cannot re-apply.

We currently have several hundred people that we are waiting to deny, and some unknown amount of people that we denied prior to finding this issue which we would really like to contact and give them a chance to register as they didn't write enough in their registration for us to really evaluate if they were a good fit for this instance.

If you're a developer please take a look at this github issue and please work your magic to help fix this problem.

As an aside, we also have a list we've been working on for enhancements that would make moderating and administering this instance a lot easier, and enhancements we think users would enjoy in terms of UI and UX. We'd love to share these as well as facilitate a discussion to surface more ideas (and we plan to in the future), but right now we need to focus on the most pressing issue to us running this website, whether people can create an account here and participate.

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[–] biscuitsofdoom@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

To work on bugs and test do I just need the UI and backend? Does the backend code have a embedded DB for local development? I can code, btw. I can figure rust out, great with JavaScript and JVM languages.

[–] s900mhz@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (10 children)

The rust backend, Postgres Db and UI are all available as docker images. The rust “lemmy” repo has a docker compose file (if you are familiar with the concept) allowing you to spin up the whole stack locally pretty easily if you already have docker installed.

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[–] admin@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

@Penguincoder@beehaw.org may be able to answer these questions.

[–] thiccdiccnicc@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks for posting and writing all this up. I'll take a good look at it if this is a Friday that work tickets decide to slow down.

[–] Blue@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

I thought this was a mistake. I filled out an application early on and didn’t fill it out correctly. I expect that account was denied, but I did notice that the user was created the exact second I applied which was weird. I assume the username is now in a limbo state. Seems strange that lemmy would create an account before it’s approved.

[–] BioHall@lemmy.pt 2 points 2 years ago

It’s possible, once they have a good ecosystem of apps plus a lower priced tier (maybe around at macbook air pricing?) However, I can’t imagining it ever shredding the feeling of dystopian-ness of it

[–] Rentlar@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

A "quick fix" might be to test for a user unapproved status on login and provide it as a status (e.g. 404:application_denied). Then the behaviour can be either release all created but unapproved accounts after 24hrs elapse or perma-"ban" until approved like it is now depending on server preferences.

"Quick fix" as in it's seems quick but will take me a while to implement if I were to try and I won't have time for a few days to get serious and become familiar with the code.

[–] ultraHQ@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

404 wouldn't be the right status code, 403 would be more suitable.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status#client_error_responses

[–] chinpokomon@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Servers may also send [a 404] response instead of 403 Forbidden to hide the existence of a resource from an unauthorized client.

In this case, I agree that 403 is the better response, but for some resources, in the name of security and privacy, 404 might be more appropriate depending on the request.

[–] Garrathian@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I have front end and back end experience but work has me kind of bogged down this week. If nobody has stepped up by Sunday I should be free to start taking a look at it at the very least.

[–] northernlightmountain@mstdn.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@Gaywallet what if you signed up without an email? I don't think I added an email address until later attempts.

What can we do to reapply with a decent effort?

[–] Gaywallet@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

We do not require an email at signup for many reasons. You do not have to provide one ever. We recommend having an email in case you get locked out of your account, but that's your choice. We are not currently denying applications, so if you are in queue to be denied (there are currently >1000 individuals in this space) you will have to wait for a fix.

There is no reapplying until this is fixed.

[–] northernlightmountain@mstdn.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@Gaywallet it might not be the best alternative but deleting users who has been declined would at least give people another go at signign up before this is fixed?

[–] Gaywallet@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Yes it's something we will need to pursue at some point but waiting for official fix first

[–] Admiral_Thrakus@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Does this issue also explain why I didn’t receive an email to say I was successful and only discovered I was approved by just trying to login just in case or is that a separate issue? Edit: I am a fool. I don’t believe I supplied an email address… I’m off to a great start!

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[–] within_epsilon@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I probably should start learning TypeScript. Foundry VTT and VSCode also use TypeScript. I haven't had motivation professionally. I might need to take it up as a hobby.

I professionally develop in C, C++, C# and Python.

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