quackduck

you can configure sshd to run any random executable when a user connects

this sounds like a terminal thing. what terminal are you on.

im not worried at all :)

oh nonono thanks for posting lol

I use a fork of that!

i'd be interested in seeing that. here its ok because it doesnt use sshd at all

ssh-chat sort of inspired devzat. here's the story: I used to live in dubai at the time and for some odd dns reasons I could never actually join ssh-chat, but it acted as proof that ssh chats are possible, and so I decided to make my own version of it. then I moved to the us and was actually able to use both ssh-chat and devzat.

a devzat regular made that!

hmm? whats that

whoa

that wasn't it but yeah lol

back up now!

I just have a really shit server

so sorry for it being down right now. hn hug of death is real

working on bringing it back, hold on

Oh btw the go SSH lib being old thing has been fixed for a while now.

Exactly

did not know it was possible to use such ports as not-root.

anyway here is a direct link to how you can host your own devzat server: https://github.com/quackduck/devzat#want-to-host-your-own-in...

good luck, OP!

Hello, I made devzat. I can try to answer if anyone has any questions about ssh-based apps

> editors think the "human interest" angle sells.

does it not?

> That sounds like a great feature/configuration option. Maybe even allow a admin-defined backlog size for people that want persistent instances.

Done! https://github.com/quackduck/devzat/commit/00160b83751d90176...

> SSH based chat is not super popular which really surprises me. I could see devzat being an amazing fall-back for a private chat inside a company when Slack or Discord are having a moment or for those times when people want to say something that isn't recorded forever and especially not visible to their management. I think it would also be amazing for people in oppressive regimes that block access to all the mainstream chat platforms but allow SSH to specific VPS providers.

:))))) I'm glad you like devzat. I'd love to talk to you on the main chat!

Hiii, I'm the person who made devzat.

Devzat supports a "private" mode in which only some IDs you specify in the config file are allowed to join. In that mode, it disables the 16 message backlog on #main too. It seems like that would be a good option for you, but it looks like you're having the people you know gen new SSH keys every time (which is what IDs are based on). I'm curious why.

Would you have liked a standalone preference for whether to have a backlog? What features would you like / what things could be improved?

Always interesting to see how devzat is being used.

oh epic

> I succeeded only because my teenage self somehow pulled off a phone call to Motorola sales where I claimed to be an engineer "evaluating" the 6809 CPU and they sent me the manual and a quick reference card.

lol that is such a nice story

ooh thanks for sharing that game

I'm glad you liked it! By a teenagers' guide I meant it was written by teens (including me: I'm 17). What do you think of the warehouse analogy?

Absolute legend, I still remember when you pitched this IRL to Guillermo Rauch and Tom P Werner!