most shells will accept outputting from a silent command to a file, e.g. :> foo.txt (where : is the posix synonym to the true command)

Nicely done! I have a CLI tool that does sth similar (input download, answer submissions): https://github.com/tranzystorekk/arrive

Oh boy, how can i forget 2019 and the whole series of “intcode” challenges!

You had a growing specification of a sorta-pcode virtual computer, opcodes, etc. Your input was the titular intcode, a list of integers representing instructions and you had to execute that code and use that execution to solve the bigger challenge, e.g. play a simple one-sided Pong!

I wasn’t precise, I meant many apps force some kind of rich-text editor that feels clunky and unnecessary, that’s what I want to avoid.

Since I’m already using NextCloud, NextCloud Notes seems like a good fit, I’m wondering how I missed it…

I published a quick configuration here: https://codeberg.org/tranzystorek-io/spectrochat

I was hesitant to use thelounge because of the self-hosting part, but it seems is fairly straightforward to spin up an instance even with just free fly.io resources

Googling ‘irc client’ is always a “blast to the past” adventure

I did give irssi a spin but it seems Cinny has spoiled me 😅

I’m using it atm, but it really feels like there should be sth more, well, FOSSy

It does, but the matrix bridge can be a bit unstable, and I wanted a native experience anyway :P

Thank you! I’ve made small tweaks since posting, like adding config flags to CLI, for instance --style fill will display “filled” bars instead of “striped”: