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)

I think there are two key aspects to IDEs:

a) the larger the codebase and the less familiar you are with it, the more of a nightmare it will be to hunt bugs or search places to insert code; this is where an IDE becomes extremely helpful by e.g. letting you search a struct across multiple modules, showing lints, compiler errors etc.

b) IDEs are only as helpful if they can be configured with your codebase, and sadly there are probably numerous codebases that won't play nice and let you crate a working config

Googling 'irc client' is always a "blast to the past" adventure

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

I see they toned down the language a bit, switching "most loved" to "most admired"

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

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

Sound capture was a major pain point here 😅 I had to hardcode an alsa loopback device identifier, and beyond that it's very manual - loading alsa's loopback kernel module, connecting my music player to the pipewire device and such

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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":

I enjoy a casual session of Townscaper once in a while, this feels really close to home :3

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

I played The Longing when I wasn't sick, but the pacing felt worse than sluggish, so it was a quick refund.

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...

Probably should mention Fugl

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