*NixConnect

This is a project created by me. Yes, me. Why should you care? I don't know, but social media has been a toxic hellstew of negativity and apocalyptic scenarios, so I did my part in mitigating by creating *NixConnect! Yes, the name implies a certain demographic in mind, but think about it like this - computers should be returned back to their basics. Actually, not really. Returning to basics would have meant I would have had to write *NixConnect in C. But it's whatever, this is your space of peace and quiet to come to after roaming the safari of the interwebs all day long :)

I am not sure if I have put a licence on this baby, I am going to check that out after finishing this README file.

Credits

This project is possible due to support and work of many people, here are some notable ones:

• ~benko11 - author, developer and maintainer of the project
• ~cxivo - made some icons, ardent supporter of the project
• ~fanoplanes - user testing, emotional support ❤️
• my mum and other family and friends

Retro fonts used here are downloaded from the site: https://int10h.org/ Huge kudos to them!

You can find the project on Github.

Technical specifications

• NextJS (with TypeScript)
• Supabase (open-source backend provider, similar to Firebase)
• PostgreSQL
• ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

FAQ

No one has ever asked anything about this project, except for maybe Why?.

• Because retro stuff is amazing, old computers are amazing and I do not owe explaining myself to you any more.

Who are your favourite cartoon characters?

• That's confidential. ⁉️

Can I run *NixConnect on my own computer? 🧑‍💻

• Go ahead, it's not like I am going to stop you.

Why is it called *NixConnect?

• Because it is for the people who love *NIX stuff and want to stay connected. 🤔

Does this project have a future?

• The Changelog very much suggests that it does. 🔥

Why is it not in the Fediverse?

• That's a good question.

Why did the chicken cross the road?

• To check out the news on *NixConnect. 🐔💻

No one is ever going to read this FAQ.

• That means I can write whatever I want in here. 🧠

Why did you choose to make *NixConnect in J*vaScript? 😭

• Because it's an amazing language and it was the easiest to deploy, also, it was free to deploy with it.

What's your idea of a perfect date?

• Arch Linux install. Never mind, I'm using Ubuntu. Never mind, YYYY-MM-DD. 🍷

What is gender?

• Some bullshit to sell more toilets. 🚽

Why does your GitHub bio say LGBTQ+ forever?

• Because we're here, we're queer, get used to it, etc. 🏳️‍🌈

Hotel? 🏨

• Expensive.