questioning and potentially answering

the 'questioning' part

the 'answering' part

Note that brackets [like these] indicate parts added/edited for the question to be grammatically correct.

Which one do you like better: debugging or writing fresh code? (November 1st, 2024)

legi can probably attest but writing new code is way more enjoyable than working through techdebt for me lol

Just checking—is this (perihelion) like a real bot or one of those “fun projects” you ghost after 2 week (November 1st, 2024)

it's the project I occasionally work on when I'm bored but it is mostly the fun projects i ghost after 2 week

Whirling, can you share any book or movie recommendations? Need that inspo. (November 1st, 2024)

these are less inspirational but all the books by Randall Munroe are pretty good since they're basically xkcd in book form lol

Real question: why “Perihelion” and not like… I dunno, WhirlingBot3000? (November 1st, 2024)

originally it was called rollplayer, since it was based off legi's bot which... rolled dice. i added some more later but at some point it kinda ballooned.
i actually decided on naming it whirligig for some time, but legi and friends said it was a bad name [they are correct].
we tried finding a new name for it and came up with perihelion, which stuck. the testing bots' names are all variations of that too (cheirohelion, katahelion, apohelion)

will this bot ever become like, one of those creepy tracking apps? (November 1st, 2024)

that wouldn't be possible since discord only sends me info when you run a command anyway

hi i’m dumb, what’s the “DMCA” thing and is it just for fancy? (November 1st, 2024)

i basically only have it because it's a legal requirement

Are you planning to make an app or stay in the bot zone? (November 1st, 2024)

making bots is more fun than making uis so probably the latter

Asking for a friend—is any of this actually legal? 😅 (November 1st, 2024)

no. i commit 7,200 transgender surgeries on illegal aliens each second

what do you think about AI taking over? Just sayin’ (November 1st, 2024)

i know where you live (November 1st, 2024)

ok and your ip is 127.0.0.1... smh

The privacy policy mentions data being stored in the United States. Given recent changes in international data protection laws, what measures are in place to ensure GDPR compliance for EU users[?] (November 2nd, 2024)

If you want your information deleted, contact @whirlingstars on Discord. from the privacy policy

why do you think your website should be "less good"? seems like an interesting philosophical stance on web design (November 2nd, 2024)

it's less good but also less of a pain to edit, net positive

Why did you choose Discord API over other platforms for bot development? The ecosystem seems quite saturated. (November 2nd, 2024)

it's saturated because it's really easy to make bots for it. the upside is that it's easy to make bots for it

PLEASE TELL ME U USE SPACES NOT TABS I STG (November 2nd, 2024)

4 spaces alliance fr

bro how do u balance adding new features vs fixing old bugs? asking for a friend 😳 (November 2nd, 2024)

my code just doesnt have bugs. easy

have u considered making perihelion into an npm package? asking for scientific purposes 🧪 (November 2nd, 2024, literally 10 seconds after the last question)

python? in MY javascript? thats unpossible!

ok but like.... how many times have u accidentally pushed to prod? 🙈 (November 2nd, 2024)

at least once

Regarding the anonymization process mentioned in your privacy policy - could you elaborate on the technical implementation? (November 2nd, 2024)

sure! as of now, I don't store your username or Discord ID or literally anything that could reverse it to you. unless you mean settings, which can't be anonymized, because... then your settings wouldn't save...

What's your stance on the current state of JavaScript frameworks? Been seeing some wild takes lately. (November 2nd, 2024)

curious about ur dev setup... what's ur preferred IDE + extensions? 👀 (November 2nd, 2024)

Visual Studio Code, with python and webdev extensions. it's just the easiest

What's your philosophy on code documentation? Your commit messages must be interesting. (November 2nd, 2024)

deadass need to know if u code in light mode or dark mode, this is crucial information (November 2nd, 2024)

dark mode

What language(s) is Perihelion written in? (November 17th, 2024)

Python 3.12.6