I'd really like to learn more about your usage of irc and how the bots were set up. Did someone create the bots for different tasks by hand or are there good li

I'd really like to learn more about your usage of irc and how the bots were set up. Did someone create the bots for different tasks by hand or are there good libraries for setting them up? Does everyone have irc open all day? And if so isn't it incredibly distracting?