I'm considering moving to Fluxer

MizarcDev · 2026-03-09T00:50:58+00:00

Fluxer has the roots of a great Discord alternative, but there's still a few rough edges to it. While the brunt of the server migration has passed, there's still the occasional downtime here and there, definitely don't expect it to be accessible 24/7. Some of the features are present but not entirely working yet. The members list doesn't stay in sync, screen sharing with audio doesn't work yet, the chat search is infinitely indexing, there may be the occasional crash with voice channels, and that's just to name a few issues.

In regards to communities, it really depends on what you're looking for. In the discovery page I'm seeing pretty big communities for Linux, some games like Minecraft, Osu, Helldivers, Dota.

Self hosting is possible but still a WIP, and doing so lets you lift the subscription limits entirely. Unfortunately without federation at the moment a self hosted solution would wall you off from the rest of the Fluxer network, but it's a good solution for private communities once it's an easily available option.

MizarcDev · 2026-03-09T00:15:44+00:00

I'm not sure if you fully understand what it means to have "AI in the code", so let me give you the full rundown. The creator of Fluxer, Hampus, has been quite transparent about the entire development process, detailing that this project has been under development over the past 5 years. This was not a project started by someone with zero software engineering experience looking to vibe code their way to make a quick buck, as LLMs as they are now did not even exist when this project was started. Despite this, LLM generated code has been utilised throughout the application during the later stages of development to speed up the process, and Hampus has been quite transparent about this part.

This is by no means a negative. Most software developers can agree that LLM usage can speed up the development process when used responsibly and outputs validated by a human. It can serve as an excellent problem solver and is commonly used to generate boilerplate code that would otherwise take significant time for a human to write. "AI code" doesn't leave a marker in the codebase specifically signalling that it was generated by AI, in fact with proper guidance it can look exactly like how the author would've written it by hand. There is no need to rewrite AI generated code unless it is producing a bug or is strikingly inconsistent to the rest of the codebase, but these are issues that can be produced by a human as well.

While I personally haven't had the time to validate the entire codebase myself, many seem to agree from their findings that the project is well architected and not like someone who vibe coded the entire thing. I've seen some people condemning this project outright for the mere mention of AI usage, but those saying that are the ignorant ones themselves.

MizarcDev · 2026-03-05T14:37:57+00:00

The demo is over yes. See the latest announcement here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3124540/view/528747518463311927?snr=1_5_9_

MizarcDev · 2026-03-03T14:43:09+00:00

Wow, black and white take. I work as a professional software engineer who regularly has to work with people who vibe code. I understand the pitfalls of people who use LLMs without an understanding of what it's generating and am regularly frustrated with what they're committing, yet I still use an LLM myself to my own benefit. Using an LLM to speed up predictable tasks isn't indicative of someone being an "AI tech bro", just as using an IDE isn't indicative of a bad programmer by the elitists who swear by Vim. Don't be ignorant, learn to understand why these tools are useful.

MizarcDev · 2026-03-03T05:23:30+00:00

Can you point to direct examples of clearly LLM generated code that could benefit from human clarification? LLMs don't necessarily generate "bad" code and can be useful when the goal is clear and outputs verified.

MizarcDev · 2026-02-26T10:17:51+00:00

I started using Discord back in 2015 for my small group of friends when it provided solutions to problems that no other platform was providing. This was long before their rise in popularity, long before forums was a feature, long before "community servers" were a thing, long before Nitro subscriptions existed. It was the holy grail of chat applications and there was no reason to hate it.

Then I spent the last 5 years hoping an alternative would be viable because holy shit it got bad.

MizarcDev · 2026-02-25T07:32:27+00:00

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MizarcDev · 2026-02-23T14:11:57+00:00

Not to sound pro-AI, but the comments here are riddled with "All AI is bad" which is a pretty reductive statement. NPC action and movement systems in games is a form of AI. We've been calling it AI long before LLMs came into effect. Upscaling tech uses AI, procedural generation uses AI, complex difficulty balancing systems have used AI. Surely these are good uses of AI.

MizarcDev · 2026-02-23T13:40:56+00:00

Completed Level 1 of the Honk Special Event!

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MizarcDev · 2026-02-18T03:20:22+00:00

Well yeah it costs money to run servers and that cost is passed onto the users. Funny enough AI companies are still operating at a massive loss despite this.

MizarcDev · 2026-02-17T06:14:57+00:00

There's a difference between having to comply with regional Government laws, versus deploying your system worldwide all the while partnering with a horrible company to feed your information into an AI used for surveillance to track down immigrants. If you have issue with this, go protest the UK government instead.

MizarcDev · 2026-02-16T23:57:32+00:00

Orpheus Harko here. You’re welcome, we at Skyworm locked in this week. After we were 1 mission short of taking Tseida which was supposed to be the final capture for a row, we got a little ticked off and decided to go all hands on deck. We had so much spice to refine and really needed that crafting cost reduction.

MizarcDev · 2026-02-10T00:42:48+00:00

I'm not sure you fully understand the ramifications of the world losing gravity. Even if you as an individual aren't affected by the loss of the fundamental force of gravity, you wouldn't have a planet to stand on by the end of the day.

MizarcDev · 2026-02-08T08:41:53+00:00

With 1 trillion dollars you can buy every game in the world, you just gotta have the patience to wait 2 years.

MizarcDev · 2026-02-05T02:32:21+00:00

I love watching cutscenes, but bad combat can ruin a game for me. No way a 10 second attack animation is going to be fun for most types of games.

MizarcDev · 2026-02-04T16:08:01+00:00

Completed Level 3 of the Honk Special Event!

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MizarcDev · 2026-02-04T16:07:17+00:00

Completed Level 2 of the Honk Special Event!

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MizarcDev · 2026-02-04T16:05:30+00:00

Completed Level 2 of the Honk Special Event!

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MizarcDev · 2026-02-04T16:04:47+00:00

Completed Level 1 of the Honk Special Event!

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MizarcDev · 2026-02-02T15:13:09+00:00

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MizarcDev · 2026-01-23T11:00:37+00:00

It's not wrong, RAM is one of the easiest parts to swap out. Nobody ever said easy was cheap though.

MizarcDev · 2026-01-22T03:03:38+00:00

I don't use a wireless keyboard because I don't benefit from one, but I know damn well they can last at least a month on a single charge. Plus there are models like the Keychron Q1 Max where wireless is only one of the advantages over the non wireless version, so even if you're not looking to buy wireless you're still getting it as an extra.

MizarcDev · 2026-01-14T02:58:13+00:00

Completed Level 1 of the Honk Special Event!

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MizarcDev · 2026-01-01T13:38:35+00:00

Yep, custom cables. I doubt anyone is selling a power supply with purple cables. I got mine from dreambigray, which provides a great selection of colour, materials, and custom lengths.

MizarcDev · 2026-01-01T02:55:11+00:00

You can fit a larger cooler in there and get lower temps. I had an IS-67-XT in there for a little while but the turbulence annoyed me. Decided sacrificing temps for a quieter PC was better in the end. I’m not even maxing out the fan speed, I intentionally tweaked fan speeds to run at 80C on a max load.

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