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Re:A Slack clone in 5 lines of bash by dclowd9901 on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @01:12AM (#36595748)
Big emphasis on “kind of”.

“Here’s how to make $2 million dollars over night”

_reads article_: “have $4 million in the bank…”

Re:A Slack clone in 5 lines of bash by cassepipe on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @05:34AM (#36597939)
I laughed reading your comparison but I don't agree. I clicked waiting for a shallow trick and found that there was indeed a trick, but not a shallow one at all This ability to bring complex capabilities to a chat system by leveraging so much of its ecosystem is truly amazing. Definitely worth the hn front page. And you only need basic shell literacy in order to use it, little more to understand it
Re:A Slack clone in 5 lines of bash by BenLloydPearson on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @09:11AM (#36599946)
I came for the pithy title, I stayed for the unique, yet simple, approach the author took and how they explained the examples.