Sassbot
A Discord bot for a local writer/nanowrimo group.
Rogare (Ruby)
May 2014 to December 2020
Pitch
It’s a custom Ruby bot with its own custom framework. Originally it grew from an IRC bot using the Cinch framework, but when the community moved to Discord the framework got adapted, and then refactored. The bot has a low key sassy attitude, provides a bunch of common small tools (like dice, random pickers and choosers, writing prompts, etc), but also has a pretty good “wordwar” implementation, and its prized jewel: a name generator seeded from some 150 000 actual names from various sources.
Outcome
Served us well, now at rest: https://github.com/storily/rogare.
Garrīre (Rust, Serenity)
July 2019 to April 2020
Pitch
I wanted to get locales in there as well as voice, and the Ruby implementation just wasn’t solid enough for this kind of thing. There’s also a lot of cruft in rogare I’d like to avoid, bringing over only the Good Parts.
Outcome
https://github.com/storily/garrire/tree/serenity
Superseded by Accord-based implementation.
Garrīre (PHP, Ruby, Rust)
Since September 2020
Pitch
With Accord, the bot is polyglot, so parts can be written in whatever makes the most sense for it:
- Top level routing: Nginx.
- PHP for most commands. Cool features: every request, ie. every command run, is isolated; standard library is large and ecosystem very mature; changes are live instantly.
- Static help files generator: Ruby.
!calccommand: Rhai, via Rust, via PHP FFI.
Outcome
https://github.com/storily/garrire
In production.
Future
If Accord moves to a gRPC model, Sassbot will of course follow.