Right now there is no memory limit or handling for when memory reaches a certain point. Pruning based on FIFO or fewest replies could work, or OS level techniques to handle memory limitations like swap.
I will add some screenshots to the repo. Thanks for the suggestion.
This project started out as an easy to run temporary forum/message board for use during emergencies or in areas with no internet. I've run it on an old router with ddwrt that's not connected to the internet.It's still that, but I added an optional feature to pull posts from other instances of itself which I think creates some interesting distributed use cases. Distributing the posts to other...
Sadly RSS is left over from a time when things were more open. Now everything is an app and everyone wants you to stay in their walled garden.
The current ranking is simple but I made it pluggable with the idea that it could be improved or there could be multiple implementations.
I made a meme generator because the existing ones were always down. Meme generation code is a ruby gem that can be also be used locally.
I've found this approach does give a better result and eliminates false starts. When I'm at the computer now I have already thought through what I'm going to do completely and writing the code is just a minor detail.
Having a wireless AP with a webserver and forum software would be a simple option for communicating with your immediate neighbors (who could communicate with theirs).
All Java haters should watch the video of Notch coding away in Eclipse.
Maybe it's a question of perl putting a lot of things in CPAN versus other languages putting more in the standard library?
code http://github.com/mmb/murlsh
Right now a link blog for those who want to self-host and customize. May build a site that hosts these or add some kind of federation.