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  • Looks good, reminds me of the 1990s.
  • Damn I had this idea but you beat me to it
  • AI prose everywhere. Disappointing for something that should be a labor of love.
  • A zero-account browser chat room mimicking mid-90s online services.

    The state runs on Upstash Redis and is shared across three different frontends (React/Vite deployed on Vercel):

    * The standalone chat interface (https://lolchat.rip)

    * A Windows 95 simulator (https://56k.rip)

    * A Mac System 7 simulator (https://dialup.rip)

    Users dialing in from the Mac desktop and users on the Win95 machine end up in the exact same rooms talking to each other.

  • Vibe-coded garbage

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