IRC technology news from the second half of 2021
Not much news at all, really. More of a roundup of popular clients and utilities.I suppose that's a reflection of the state of the IRC ecosystem, which is stagnant and slowly dying.  The ircv3 project, while well-intentioned, will never result in the revitalization of IRC.I really like IRC but the ux story is pretty bad by modern standards. Users expect seamless multi device sync, for one.  You can achieve a poor facsimile of this with a bnc and a shell account but it's not a great experience.It's little wonder to me that discord and slack have eaten IRC's lunch, sadly.