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Re: "The Nightfall Express (nex://)"
This is cute. I don't think the point was to make The Next Big Smol Protocol so much as to just make something for fun out of the love of the smolnet.
2023-07-08 · 2 months ago
The Nightfall Express (nex://) — New solnet protocol with a very neat and minimal design. I like the approach of just inferring the response type from the filename extension or trailing slash. Keeps it simple. nex uses hard-wrapped lines for directories (like gopher) which gives more opportunity for creative page styling using ascii art and center text alignment and such. The recommended line width is 60-characters, which is too large for...