That wrote a cool script
But since, he left github
Deleted all his repos with it.
Now the cool script is gone
remaining this poem I wrote instead
Doesn't rhyme, isn't cool, sounds bad.
# I am the Watcher. I am your guide through this vast new twtiverse. # # Usage: # https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/users View list of users and latest twt date. # https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/twt View all twts. # https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/mentions?uri=:uri View all mentions for uri. # https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/conv/:hash View all twts for a conversation subject. # # Options: # uri Filter to show a specific users twts. # offset Start index for quey. # limit Count of items to return (going back in time). # # twt range = 1 195643 # self = https://watcher.sour.is?offset=193705 # next = https://watcher.sour.is?offset=193805 # prev = https://watcher.sour.is?offset=193605
mktemp file then clean it with regex.(Subject) whose contents is a cryptographic content-addressable hash of the "thing"™ you're replying to and forming a chain of other replies (a thread).
url#timestamp as keys.
[ROOT_ID] (REPLY_ID): simpler with no need of prefixes(root:ROOT_ID) (reply:REPLY_ID): more complex but could allow expansions(rt:ROOT_ID) (re:REPLY_ID): same but with a compact version($ROOT_ID) (>REPLY_ID): same but with a single characters7e073bd345, *yarnsocial/yarn* latest commit)9a0c34ed-d11e-447e-9257-0a0f57ef6e07)#<nick url#timestamp> or #<url#timestamp>index.md a prehook and a few utilities:
$ git ls-files
.gitignore
.zs/config.yml
.zs/editthispage
.zs/include
.zs/layout.html
.zs/list
.zs/months
.zs/now
.zs/onthispage
.zs/posthook
.zs/postsbymonth
.zs/prehook
.zs/scripts
.zs/styles
.zs/tagcloud
.zs/taglist
.zs/years
archives/.empty
assets/css/site.css
assets/js/main.js
index.md
posts/hello-zs-blog.md
posts/on-tagging.md
posts/second-post.md
tags/.empty
2025-09-25T12:00:00Z (tno:42) Launching storage design review.
2025-09-25T12:05:00Z (tno:42) (ofeed:https://alice.example/twtxt.txt
) I think compaction stalls under load.
2025-09-25T12:08:00Z (tno:42) (ofeed:https://alice.example/twtxt.txt
) Token bucket sounds good.
(tno:N). Replies carry both (tno:N) and (ofeed:<origin-url>). Thread identity = (ofeed, tno).(tno:N) (implicit ofeed=self). (tno:N) (ofeed:<url>). tno locally for new threads, copy tags on reply.
2025-09-25T22:41:19+10:00 Hello World
2025-09-25T22:41:19+10:00 (#kexv5vq https://example.com/twtxt.html#:~:text=2025-09-25T22:41:19%2B10:00) Hey!
// Current hash format: starts with a '#'
(#hash) here's text
(#hash) @<nick url> here's text
// New location format: valid URL-like + '#' + TIMESTAMP (verbatim format of feed source)
(url#timestamp) here's text
(url#timestamp) @<nick url> here's text
// New format for custom references: starts with a '!' maybe?
(!custom) here's text
(!custom) @<nick url> here's text
// A possible "Topic" parse as a thread root:
[!custom] start here
[custom] simpler format
-f bestvideo[height<=?1080]+bestaudio/best
yt-dlped https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZTSIYkuMlU. It's only worth for an experiment, no recommendation to watch.