Just learned that Wikimedia has a project called Wikifunctions. I’m a big fan of Wikipedia and associated projects, and on its face sounds like a cool site. I do wonder how this would work in practical terms though, like how could it actually be used?
It didn’t make any sense to me when it was originally announced, it still doesn’t. I don’t understand the project’s goals or how it’s supposed to reach those goals. The mission statement is incomprehensible to me.
Seemed verbose, overengineered, unnecessary framework introducing complexity. I didn’t see a strong use case for it, maybe for a lack of an obvious one or my understanding of it.
It also didn’t leave a strong impression. I had to look at the site and goal/description to remember.
Maybe some niche data handlers and implementors have use for it. But a Wikimedia project seems overblown for that.
I have not used it though. I’m open to being shown and corrected.
I’m not exactly sure what to think about it, but I do like how there’s specific things that have their implementation in code right there. I did only look at the site for like a minute, so take that with a grain of salt.
