rdwxth

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[–] rdwxth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

when i mean janky it does and serves its purpose but my code isnt cleaned up and theres alot of redundant code - im currently doing a rewrite and when that is done i will release it

[–] rdwxth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 month ago

the namecheap domain was bought using fake details on a paypal that had no card connected to it - but i understand which is why i bought a .ru domain from cheapprivacy.ru

[–] rdwxth@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Bookracy doesn’t exploit the copyrighted material for financial gain, unlike typical piracy websites that might sell access to pirated content or host popup / redirect ads for profit And for the part of me commiting a crime its always innocent until proven guilty - if it can be proven im storing the books fair play but weve taken precautions against that paying through crypto bulletproof servers ect

[–] rdwxth@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 month ago (5 children)

since its open source and the backend will be open source in the future (after i rewrite) i can still step away from the project and everything can be taken and hosted by a different person

[–] rdwxth@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 month ago

Revolt.chat

ill check it out ty for the suggestion

[–] rdwxth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

having a .ru domain is just precaution against takedowns - none of the devs are russian its just the west and russia dont get along so takedown requests for a .ru domain would be ignored by russia

[–] rdwxth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago (7 children)

our model is just like the old movie-web, we are open source and if we are DMCA'd then we will take it down but our mirrors will still be up but i understand the opsec point and may move from discord to signal

[–] rdwxth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

i said annoying ad-free i should have clarified i meant no popup or redirect ads - and yes there are plans for scaling and we have a few different services like you saw sponsoring the project aswell

[–] rdwxth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago (4 children)

No its not a libgen mirror - we have our own collections and are torrenting from libgen + zlib aswell - and backend is going to be open sourced in the future once its finished and ready - right now the code is very janky and im too embarassed to release it lol. Theres still alot of additions to do to the backend and once that is done I will release.

We also have a telegram and signal group - the discord was just for my existing community who are primarily discord users aswell

[–] rdwxth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

also no Bookracy is not decentralised - it operates on centralized servers much like LibGen ect. This means that while it’s open-source and community-driven, our infrastructure still relies on traditional hosting, which can be vulnerable to takedowns or disruptions. However we've taken precautions for this and have a bulletproof proxy server which also caches inbetween the storage server and client

[–] rdwxth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is there any Upside over NexusSTC? Is it decentralised? bookracy has faster and unlimited downloads, lack of popup/redirect ads, and a more active community. also from my knowledge NexusSTC is more academic content whereas bookracy has more of a range of content

 

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