meshtastic
I just released Frozen BBS v1.3.0. It has a boatload of backend improvements, not all backward compatible. I think this will be the last change this large. It now has all the base infrastructure I’d imagined from the start. Future releases should be more incremental.
One of my very first non-trivial coding projects was trying to write a BBS for my Commodore 64 so that other people could call my computer like I called theirs. I didn’t get very far.
Today I played with some of the BBS software people have made for Meshtastic, and they’ve inspired me to try again. So far tonight I’ve learned how to use SQLite and an ORM with Rust. It may never work but I’m having fun trying.
I’ve been up on the roof installing the mount for a new Meshtastic antenna.
I don’t actually need an encrypted mesh messaging system that doesn’t require Internet access, but it’s reassuring to have one available anyway.
I bought a Meshtastic radio and I could see getting addicted to experimenting with it. The little stubby antenna in the kit is enough to hear from nodes across the bay and let me talk to nearby nodes. I’ve already ordered an outdoor roof antenna to push that farther.
This is fun.