Published 2026-03-04
tag(s): #failures
The problem with having a public website with your name in the URL is that there are things
you just can't say.
Like, I can't say "thank heavens I can at least chat with Copilot, because our group chat
on MS Teams was silent for over an hour after I brought up a minor design issue I was
wrestling with".
I really like those small predicaments because, since the scope is small, they are as easy to
explain as they are to discuss and weigh the alternatives.
Lessons learned: first, the fact that something is easy to discuss, doesn't mean anyone else
cares. Second, I can't help but caring, even if no one else does.[1]
Lesson three, Copilot is a good rubber duck, even if some of its suggestions are quite
outlandish. So, there you go.[2]
SourceHut provides a hosted IRC bouncer for paying
customers. I spent a lot of time in chat rooms in my mid-teens. Like...a
lot.
So naturally, I was curious to give it a go. In 2026.
IRC is a shadow of what it was, although to be fair I am treating it like a novelty and not
spending hours conversing with a group of strangers. So the fact that most channels I am in
don't have much traffic is actually good.
But if I am being sincere, most of them are pretty dead.
Not unlike other chats, sadly.