I love how quickly I can build/iterate/bug-fix the Loops webUI, backend and mobile app because I wrote 99% of the code.

I know this isn't sustainable long term, and look forward to growing our team, but these early days are magical.

The best feeling is shipping, and I'll be celebrating soon once the new Loops app has shipped.

Thank you all for being a part of this wild ride, it will only get better from here ✨

#loops #loopsDev

RE: https://mastodon.social/@dansup/115462996315399534

Thanks to ReactNative/TypeScript and Tanstack Query, this was easier than expected!

App: https://github.com/joinloops/loops-expo/commit/32a9e79af979f70a70c38e0487a6bea06fe4a442

Server: https://github.com/joinloops/loops-server/commit/6313d353e2e706ec1e45ca264fe08e20a48bb41f

#loopsDev

More Loops progress ✨

✅ - Search now returns follower state
✅ - Followers now includes count + search
✅ - New Following tab w/ count + search
✅ - New Mutual Friends tab
✅ - New Suggested Accounts tab
✅ - Easier (un)following across screens

Shipping soon!

Checkout the demo 👇

#loops #loopsDev #tikTok #loopsApp

✅ Onboarding
✅ Auth (with 2FA support/switch account)
✅ In-app registration

The new Loops app is almost ready for you ✨

#loops #loopsDev #tikTok #fediverse #activityPub

I rearranged a few things.

Loops now has 3 bottom tabs (Feed, Camera, Profile)

Explore is moved to Search

Notifications moved to your profile.

It's simpler, and more familiar to TikTok ✨

#loops #loopsDev #loopsApp #loopsAppDev

I rearranged a few things.

Loops now has 3 bottom tabs (Feed, Camera, Profile)

Explore is moved to Search

Notifications moved to your profile.

It's simpler, and more familiar to TikTok ✨

#loops #loopsDev #loopsApp #loopsAppDev

✅ Onboarding
✅ Auth (with 2FA support/switch account)
✅ In-app registration

The new Loops app is almost ready for you ✨

#loops #loopsDev #tikTok #fediverse #activityPub

This is how Loops Reports look like in the Admin Dashboard!

Easy actions, detailed context and even admin-only notes to help with multi-admin/mod teams.

#loops #loopsDev

Just finished implementing Reports in the new Loops app!

Not only do we have several report categories, but you can also provide additional details optionally, and easily block that account on the success screen!

I'm nearly finished all the screens for the upcoming beta release of our new app, and I can't emphasize how much better it is, in so many ways.

#loops #loopsDev

All Loops GH Workflows are now passing!

I'll be tagging a new server release soon that supports our new oAuth flow for the upcoming mobile app release.

#loops #loopsDev

I came up with a very clever solution for the auth flow in the new Loops app.

Loops Auth will remove the complexity for most users, while still allowing advanced users to use the existing flow.

And before you ask, no, we're not centralizing auth.

More details soon!

#loops #loopsDev #loopsAuth

Standing on the shoulders of giants with the 1050 libraries that power the new Loops app.

Open source is so heckin amazing ❤️

https://github.com/joinloops/loops-expo/commit/2e1e95812b896eb754d540e84c0219106d5814c0

#loops #loopsDev

Standing on the shoulders of giants with the 1050 libraries that power the new Loops app.

Open source is so heckin amazing ❤️

https://github.com/joinloops/loops-expo/commit/2e1e95812b896eb754d540e84c0219106d5814c0

#loops #loopsDev

Loops now supports setting a minimum age that is verified during registration!

We do store your birthdate, but it's never shown publicly or via API.

We use this to determine eligibility for sign-up and soon to allow admins to limit NSFW content to a min age.

https://github.com/joinloops/loops-server/commit/4b7da7bf1e1c5642e45cdec470609b5f5ea0f4ba

#loops #loopsDev

This is how the new Loops app Notifications screen looks like.

Notice the lack of webfinger addresses, and the instant action buttons like Reply and Like?

All of these notifications are from remote accounts, but we hide the complexity of federation and only show the relevant details.

Pretty cool eh?

#loops #tiktok #activityPub #loopsDev

I'm proud of how far the Loops API has come.

This is the comment resource response, it's not bloated, and contains only contextually useful data.

We also return cursor pagination data in the response so you don't have to parse headers.

And mention indices, so you don't need to parse HTML to handle mention links in your client.

It's not magic, it's just an API designed by a fellow app developer 😉

#loops #loopsDev

contenteditable="true"

I wanted to replicate the interactive mention/hashtags across our "<textarea>"s in Loops, like Facebook and Twitter does.

It wasn't easy though, but the user experience is much better IMO.

It's attention to the smallest details that really matters.

All those delays and missed deadlines did in fact pay off 🚀

#loops #loopsDev #smallestDetails

Just fixed an Http Signature bug in Loops that affected outgoing activities, specifically a malformed/missing Digest header.

https://github.com/joinloops/loops-server/commit/2b2a2f2a8f1b1c0d664b79bc3f67520bbacb6b2c

Loops has also switched from Laravel Sanctum to Laravel Passport for oAuth, I updated the install guide, but if you're seeing 500 errors on API requests, you simply need to run

```
php artisan passport:keys
```

And re-deploy!

https://github.com/joinloops/loops-server/blob/main/INSTALLATION.md#4-generate-passport-keys

#loops #loopsdev

Big news! 🎉

Loops federation is working beautifully!

Want proof?

Search this URL in your fediverse app and check out the comment/mention threading in action:

https://getloops.social/v/azWp4zwJ05?rid=bfGf2EgZ21

Spread the word, the fediverse now has an open source TikTok alternative that is truly decentralized.

#loops #loopsDev #tikTok #activitypub

Loops makes federation management easy.

You can mass-import servers to block, enforce authorized access and more 💪

We have more safety features coming!

#loops #loopsDev #tikTok #activityPub #safety