Seems like a really fun tool for a play by post type game.
It’s a fun idea but not that useful outside of giving news outlets something quirky to report on
Can’t get away from packet loss
How is this different from roos.social?
I imagine they all fly in to deliver 26 poops and a responding text that just says, “k”
💩
TCP/Avion
It’s real!
The one time anyone implemented the original “Packet Transmission over Avian Carriers” RFC, 45% of the packets (= 45% of the pigeons) were lost.
Sounds about right.
EDIT: Meh, they’ve removed the example picture for “packet loss”.
But then there’s this:
That’s a hell of a pigeon that can fly at 192mph
Supersonic feathertr0nic?
Oh they’re actually flying coach. 192 is just the average, it takes time to get through the airport.
Any private aviation bird strikes today?
Author says on reddit that it’s vibe coded. Boo.
Yes, because this is critical production code that is clearly too important to not go through stringent review.
It even specifically requires GPS location unlike other messengers. Boo.
What if it becomes the next twitter?
I mean the name is available now, isn’t it?
Anything worth doing is worth reviewing.
It could have at least been a fun learning experience for the developer, but instead they just wrote some text and let the computer program it.
It’s absolutely possible to learn a lot while using an AI coding assistant; it can be like having a patient and supportive Stack Overflow instead of one that just closes all your questions as duplicates. That does require using it intentionally though.
That’s not what vibecoding is. Vibecoding is literally what I said and not just it being an assistant.
So… he vibe coded it, hit a bug he couldn’t fix, and said, fuck it, it’s a feature.
Hit a bug The AI couldn’t fix
The coder also couldn’t fix it. Or wouldn’t.
people who wibecode are not coders, they generally have no idea what the text does that the llm spouts to them.
Did they post the source code? That just sounds like one of us lemmings needs to unvibe code the source.
I love this idea. We need more whimsical technology.
I’ve been using it to talk to my brother for the past few weeks, and it’s super fun! I really enjoy imagining a bird flying hundreds of miles to deliver my very important meme
AI (Avian Intelligence). Nobody truly knows how it works.
So just UDP?
sometimes the bird just dies
Isn’t this how one of the subplots of Daggerfall started?
Merida’s voice: “A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE DEAD RAVEN!”
Actually that may have fixed my “loot all” compulsion several games earlier.
