As usual with the fediverse, choice is key.
There were quite a few complaints on !fediverse@lemmy.world about !linux@lemmy.ml not having any real alternative (https://reddthat.com/post/20166234), so let’s see if we can revive the programming.dev one.
And if it fails, at least we tried.
And what makes you think that other software / sites do not?
Touche