Why Did I Do This to Myself?

One day, I decided to practice my coding skills by building a chat app. Now, most sensible developers would start with a traditional backend and database. But where’s the fun in that? Clearly, I’m not most developers—I’m the kind of developer who looks at conventional wisdom and says, “Hold my energy drink.”

Very secure
— Sun Tzu

definitely said this

V1: The Birth of a Questionable Idea 💡

I hatched a plan so brilliantly stupid, it could only come from a caffeine-fueled coding session: Why use a database when you can use Discord as your message storage? 🤯

Here’s how my “genius” plan worked:

• Send a message? Straight to a Discord webhook!
• Load the chat? A bot retrieves messages from the channel
• Security? what’s that?

The Resulting Chaos

• No username verification (Enter as “Supreme Overlord” or “Potato Master”)
• Loading times slower than a sloth doing yoga
• Bot retrieving messages like it’s gathering berries one by one

V2: Adding Some Semblance of Sanity 🔐

After my friends test-drove this digital disaster, I decided to add some basic security:

• Account system (Because why not complicate things further?)
• Login/signup via a single button (Minimalism meets chaos)
• Token-based authentication
• Bot checks an #accounts channel for credentials

The bot now loads messages more efficiently, proving that even a chaotic system can evolve… slightly.

V3? More Like Fever Dreams 💭

While I have no immediate plans to continue this masterpiece of madness, here are features that could transform this from “what were you thinking?” to “wait, that’s actually kind of cool”:

Potential Features

• Message Edit & Delete:

  • Use Discord Message ID for tracking (include it in /api/chat-log)
  • Show edit/delete buttons only to message owners
  • Verify user token before allowing modifications

• Reactions:

  • Track reactions in a separate Discord channel or
  • Simplified reaction tracking with count-based system This feature is very complecated to implement if a optimized product needs to be made.

Test it your self!

Project hosted live at NO-HOST :)

Disclaimer: No databases were harmed in the making of this application. Several Discord webhooks, however, may need therapy.