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Discord API Errors

37 points by mot2ba 2y ago

Der_Einzige 2y ago
At the exact moment that I needed to look at some code that a buddy of me sent to me via discord PM, no less! Frustrating!
retrodaredevil 2y ago
Meanwhile I cannot turn my living room LED lights on or off because I control them through discord. I guess that's what I get for relying on a messaging service to control my lights.
- voidfunc 2y ago
  Whyyyyyy?
  - kurtoid 2y ago
    Discord bots are dirt simple to make, so it's not that crazy
    - voidfunc 2y ago
      This doesn't answer the question tho. Utterly ridiculous.
      - giancarlostoro 2y ago
        Discord works just fine most of the time, its not that big of a deal. I assume they can still turn off their lights any which other way.
      - Kiro 2y ago
        I find your lack of hacker mentality much more ridiculous.
        hoten 2y ago
        Typically hacking gains you more control over things - seems fair to question if ceding control over the lights in your home to an external service is within the spirit of "hacking". Maybe "rube goldberging".
        dijksterhuis 2y ago
        > Typically hacking gains you more control over things only according to the more modern definition of “hacking” the earlier version of the term referred to people who write novel, interesting or clever software for the love of the craft. i think using discord as a free message queue (see spivak’s comment in the thread) is pretty damn clever actually. i kinda want to build something with it now.
    - ilrwbwrkhv 2y ago
      Telegram bots are simpler and has never ever failed me. Much more reliable.
  - Spivak 2y ago
    It's a completely free, both in message volume and queue size, highly available hosted 1-1 and 1-n topic based message queue with automatic sharding, excellent performance, and high-quality prebuilt libraries. It has built-in notification support to all platforms and a basic UI toolkit that is easy to use. The fact that it's also a chat thing is honestly secondary to the foundational tech.
    - fschuett 2y ago
      I use Discord for notifications when someone starts a "Chat with customer support" chat on my site. I tried various "chat button" solutions, but I ended up writing the chat system myself because no solution was really tailored to my task (esp. custom file type uploads and Google Ads integration, so I know which ad started a chat). I need to react 24/7 to new customers, so I needed a tool to ping me with notifications on my phone. The chat messages are still saved in the company database, but I send a link with the Chat ID to Discord, so that someone can instantly login to the admin panel and reply to the customer. Using Discord, all I had to do was to create a new, empty company server, copy the webhook URL and then POST to the URL and boom I get a ping notification with the Chat ID on my phone (or I can @ a colleague to distribute the customer support for different timezones). It's not a very "orthodox" solution, but it certainly sucks less than the alternatives (plus it's free).
    - paulddraper 2y ago
      Are you serious?
      - dijksterhuis 2y ago
        not the parent, but yeah. they’ve basically described the system of discord there. chat stuff is just one possible use case for the system. like, when i read the root comment i was a bit like “huhhh?” but reading Spivak’s comment it now makes total sense. also to add — * discord gives you easy topic queue debugging. just login yourself and read the queue entries. * something like 2000 character text content per message * RBAC for topic queue access * can probably turn it into a pub/sub topic queue system if you start adding webhooks and bots.
  - natpalmer1776 2y ago
    Someone's gotta put the hacker in Hacker News
  - retrodaredevil 2y ago
    I have individually addressable LEDs, so I created a domain specific language (DSL) to control the LEDs, meaning controlling the pattern of the LEDs is best done by sending a message to it. Honestly the DSL really isn't that great. I've been meaning to redesign it using something like ANTLR rather than the mess that I made a few years ago. I do eventually want to have a local-first way to send messages to the program, but creating that isn't worth my time at the moment.
altairprime 2y ago
Happily, voice chat worked fine!

37 points by mot2ba 2y ago

At the exact moment that I needed to look at some code that a buddy of me sent to me via discord PM, no less! Frustrating!

retrodaredevil 2y ago

Meanwhile I cannot turn my living room LED lights on or off because I control them through discord. I guess that's what I get for relying on a messaging service to control my lights.

voidfunc 2y ago
Whyyyyyy?
- kurtoid 2y ago
  Discord bots are dirt simple to make, so it's not that crazy
  - voidfunc 2y ago
    This doesn't answer the question tho. Utterly ridiculous.
    - giancarlostoro 2y ago
      Discord works just fine most of the time, its not that big of a deal. I assume they can still turn off their lights any which other way.
    - Kiro 2y ago
      I find your lack of hacker mentality much more ridiculous.
      - hoten 2y ago
        Typically hacking gains you more control over things - seems fair to question if ceding control over the lights in your home to an external service is within the spirit of "hacking". Maybe "rube goldberging".
        dijksterhuis 2y ago
        > Typically hacking gains you more control over things only according to the more modern definition of “hacking” the earlier version of the term referred to people who write novel, interesting or clever software for the love of the craft. i think using discord as a free message queue (see spivak’s comment in the thread) is pretty damn clever actually. i kinda want to build something with it now.
  - ilrwbwrkhv 2y ago
    Telegram bots are simpler and has never ever failed me. Much more reliable.
- Spivak 2y ago
  It's a completely free, both in message volume and queue size, highly available hosted 1-1 and 1-n topic based message queue with automatic sharding, excellent performance, and high-quality prebuilt libraries. It has built-in notification support to all platforms and a basic UI toolkit that is easy to use. The fact that it's also a chat thing is honestly secondary to the foundational tech.
  - fschuett 2y ago
    I use Discord for notifications when someone starts a "Chat with customer support" chat on my site. I tried various "chat button" solutions, but I ended up writing the chat system myself because no solution was really tailored to my task (esp. custom file type uploads and Google Ads integration, so I know which ad started a chat). I need to react 24/7 to new customers, so I needed a tool to ping me with notifications on my phone. The chat messages are still saved in the company database, but I send a link with the Chat ID to Discord, so that someone can instantly login to the admin panel and reply to the customer. Using Discord, all I had to do was to create a new, empty company server, copy the webhook URL and then POST to the URL and boom I get a ping notification with the Chat ID on my phone (or I can @ a colleague to distribute the customer support for different timezones). It's not a very "orthodox" solution, but it certainly sucks less than the alternatives (plus it's free).
  - paulddraper 2y ago
    Are you serious?
    - dijksterhuis 2y ago
      not the parent, but yeah. they’ve basically described the system of discord there. chat stuff is just one possible use case for the system. like, when i read the root comment i was a bit like “huhhh?” but reading Spivak’s comment it now makes total sense. also to add — * discord gives you easy topic queue debugging. just login yourself and read the queue entries. * something like 2000 character text content per message * RBAC for topic queue access * can probably turn it into a pub/sub topic queue system if you start adding webhooks and bots.
- natpalmer1776 2y ago
  Someone's gotta put the hacker in Hacker News
- retrodaredevil 2y ago
  I have individually addressable LEDs, so I created a domain specific language (DSL) to control the LEDs, meaning controlling the pattern of the LEDs is best done by sending a message to it. Honestly the DSL really isn't that great. I've been meaning to redesign it using something like ANTLR rather than the mess that I made a few years ago. I do eventually want to have a local-first way to send messages to the program, but creating that isn't worth my time at the moment.

altairprime 2y ago

Happily, voice chat worked fine!