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Private chatrooms for founders that disappear in 24 hrs
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Hi HN, I wrote a custom SSH server in Go, give it a try. It uses your terminal user and SSH keys to authenticate implicitly. Instead of getting a shell, you get an IRC-style chatroom with everyone else. $ ssh chat.shazow.net If you're getting "Permission denied (publickey)", please use ssh-keygen to create a keypair. Instructions here: https://help.github.com/articles/generating-ssh-keys/ SSH is a really cool protocol; it's a lot like HTTP2. This is a demo of one thing you can do with it, but I plan to factor out the code into libraries that will let you build all…
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I built Burn Room — a self-hosted SSH chat server where messages burn after 1 hour and rooms auto-destruct after 24 hours. Nothing is written to disk. No account, no email, no browser required. ssh [email protected] -p 2323 password: burnroom Or connect from a browser (xterm.js web terminal): https://burnroom.chat
Mar 2026 · burnroom.chat
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Hi HN community! A huge number of startup founders are reading Hacker News, but it's still very hard to make new personal connections here and help each other with product building, growth, or fundraising. As an experiment to make HN founder community more connected, I've created a system of chat groups, organized by location, industry sector, and priority tasks. We were testing it out for the last couple of weeks, starting with 200+ YCombinator alum companies. Now already have 1000+ startups there, and 80+ venture investors have joined to connect with founders early. Many pitch practices…
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2014 · play.google.com
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