This week we were mainly busy to prepare Lemmy version 0.9.0, which we plan to release on Monday. That version will include the database rewrite which @dessalines worked for over a month, as well as some breaking API changes. We will also provide ARM builds which many people have asked for.

@nutomic:

• Moved most Rust code into crates/ subfolder to clean up the repo
• Made some benchmarks to compare build time between Lemmy v0.8.11 and v0.9.0
• Wrote a blog post which explains how to optimise build times in Rust (to be published soon)
• Reviewed @dessalines’ API changes
• Opened a number of issues for enhancements that we can implement later

@dessalines:

• Helped prepare the v0.9.0 release.
• Made a few API v2 fixes based on @nutomic’s suggestions.
• Fixed an issue with site counts using total users / posts / comments, and not local.
• Removed an external css link from join.lemmy.ml
• Fixed an issue in lemmy-ui with initial site setup.