So a few weeks back, prompted by the hosting provider for MysticDungeonClub no longer supporting FreeBSD so I need to move rather post-haste, I bought a new domain, with the ~worst~ BEST name I've ever come up with, I fear that I have now peaked and nothing will ever top this:
Cyberhole.online
A hole for cybering in, as one does. It's like Mel's Hole but even more deep and mysterious.
In the Cyberhole, I intend to put a bunch of services and objects, mostly very retro, like a Gopher hole (which I have tested). That'll be like the cool kids' version of a .plan file for me.
Over on MDC, I have a bunch of retro "console" minigames, but they're using an old framework I made that's pretty heavyweight, node and a database in the back-end. I can't reasonably code those in anything except a giant pile of ass JavaScript.
So conveniently OldComputerChallenge comes along, asking us to use old computers. I use old computers all the time, but mostly in virtualized form supported by other people, emulators like Atari800MacX and remake machines like the SpecNext and HyperMegaTech Super Pocket Atari. We all know I don't like Other Peoples' Code, so I need to solve that problem by supporting myself.
For the week, I'm working on making TinyBasicWeb which will put a bare minimum TinyBASIC in a web page, client-side (there will be back-end support for the "disk operating system", likely in the form of a CGI script). I think it's a doable thing in the week, I've done very similar scale projects in less time. Right now I have a terminal in "memo pad" mode that I can cursor around and draw in, and tonight I'm working on input routines.
The more interesting longer-term part is that I'll end up with a MUCH lighter-weight console for putting up my minigames, and it's super easy to wire this to talk over the network, so I can put something like Chez Scheme on the back end.
Further Cyberhole news as I dig it deeper.