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by snthpy 14 days ago
You can do this with ATProto / Bluesky! You can self-host your own PDS (or use Bluesky) and clients are super simple. I just had Google Search AI Mode vibe code as a 60 line shell script.

    $ curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/snth/radar/refs/heads/main/radar
    $ chmod +x radar
    $ ./radar snth@bsky.social
    [RADAR] Scanning for snth.bsky.social...
    
    [RADAR SCREEN]
    User:        Tobias Brandt (@snth.bsky.social)
    Status:      Active
    Last Seen:   2026-05-28T19:42:15.865Z
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    Just vibe coded a 60 line POSIX script Bluesky client in the style of  `finger` of old:
    
    github.com/snth/radar
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If you wanted to be more authentic to the original you could implement a custom Lexicon.