Ergo – modern IRC server written in Go

Re:Ergo – modern IRC server written in Go by okasaki on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @04:29AM (#31833370)

IRC doesn't have accounts, you just connect, specify a nickname and it's yours unless it is used by another connected user. So not really possible to track users.

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Re:Ergo – modern IRC server written in Go by brabel on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @04:51AM (#31833488)

I've been using https://libera.chat/ which allows "claiming" Nicks with a registered email account... I suppose it would be possible to "buffer" messages?

I see some IRCs even keep a mailing-list-like record of all messages posted on a channel... so I don't see how it's not possible.

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Re:Ergo – modern IRC server written in Go by usrn on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @05:56AM (#31833865)

Logging and nick registration are both extra services that run ontop of IRC.

At one point I extended an IRC server where you could send a list of regex filters. When messages where sent to channels you had joined that matched the filters it would send you push notifications. I think that combined with logging is really all people want on mobile.

Unfortunately someone has to actually run the push server and that

1) Requires more work than volunteers are willing to do

2) Can only be done by people holding the certificates used to publish the app.

I've personally just given up on popular mobile OSes. They're a disaster in nearly every way.

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Re:Ergo – modern IRC server written in Go by Darmody on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @12:06PM (#31837859)

If the nick bot is down, there's no registration.

It's just a bot that runs on IRC just like the bots I made when I was using it.

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