IRC is also really easy to debug/visualize and reason about, that's generally my favorite property of the protocol. The only infuriating thing about IRC is the

IRC is also really easy to debug/visualize and reason about, that's generally my favorite property of the protocol. The only infuriating thing about IRC is the ~512 char line length. Most of my attempts to base things on IRC have crashed on this limitation while in the design phase :( (Ref: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7991049 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7991049)