Battle-Testing Lynx at Allegro

I thought it’s about Lynx Browser, a text based browser that lives in terminal

	▲	yashasolutions 44 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		same

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entropyie 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That name is taken, especially for anything web related.

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kleiba 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

We must be really running out of names in the tech space:

- https://franz.com/products/allegro-common-lisp/

- https://lynx.invisible-island.net/

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augusto-moura 2 hours ago | parent [-]

There's also Allegro[1] (the graphics/gaming library). I was confused on why the old-school gaming library was interested in testing the old-school terminal browser

[1]: https://liballeg.org/

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self_awareness an hour ago | parent [-]

In Poland Allegro.pl is much more recognizable than the Allegro graphic library. It exists for ~25 years already.

	▲	1313ed01 11 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		The game library first released in 1990, 36 years ago. (Most recent release January 2026.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegro_(software_library)

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zvqcMMV6Zcr an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Delivery Methods screen

The one that recently kept "accidentally" switching pick-up points? I sure hope it was not caused by Lynx, just shitty business requirements.

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tgebarowski 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

After more than 6 years of building and running our own Server-Driven UI at Allegro, we decided it was time to ask: what’s next?

With all the hype around LynxJS last year, we took a closer look to see whether it really lives up to expectations. In this post, we share our experience, lessons learned, and thoughts on using it in a real production environment.

If you’re interested in mobile architecture, SDUI, React or cross-platform development.

	▲	MaxMonteil 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I'm considering something similar and Lynx did seem interesting. Thanks to your article I think it is indeed a bit too early. Another option looks like Tauri v2[0]. It also promises iOS, Android, and Web support (as well as a desktop application). The core is Rust which may or may not have the same adoption issues you saw for C++. I haven't given it a try yet though but you may find it interesting. [0] https://v2.tauri.app/

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self_awareness an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Ale was boli ten InPost, nawet na przykładzie wciskacie te swoje OneBoxy.

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mystifyingpoi 18 minutes ago | parent [-]

What's the problem here? It was obvious that at a certain scale, they'll want to have their own infra for shipping.

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self_awareness 10 minutes ago | parent [-]

The background story is that Allegro defaults the selection of infrastructure from their competitors to their own, even if the user uses competitor all the time. Sometimes the user forgets to check, and it will result in using Allegro's infrastructure even if the user didn't want it.

It's called "a dark pattern".

	▲	mystifyingpoi a minute ago \| parent [-]
		Right, now I get what you're referring to.