The 80s arcade classics (Space Invaders/nInvaders, Pac-Man/pacman4console,
Tetris/tint, Moon Patrol/moon-buggy) are ncurses programs: initscr() fails
with "Error opening terminal" when TERM is unset. Game subprocesses were
built with exec.Command and no Env, so they inherited the agentbbs systemd
daemon's environment — which has no TERM — and every game exited before
drawing a frame. DOOM was unaffected because doom-ascii writes ANSI directly
and never touches terminfo.
Thread the client PTY's TERM through plugin.Context and hand each sandboxed
game a curated environment (TERM, PATH, HOME, LANG=C.UTF-8) instead of the
daemon's. Curating the env also stops leaking operator secrets (e.g.
COINPAY_API_KEY) into third-party game binaries.
Verified live on bbs.profullstack.com: Space Invaders and Pac-Man now render;
previously all four died instantly.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix(deploy): build Go binaries on the runner, ship them, SKIP_BUILD on box
The deploy SSHed into the ~458MB droplet and ran `go build` there. The Go
linker's peak memory OOM-killed the build — and with it the sshd serving the
deploy session — surfacing as "Connection closed by remote host" (exit 255).
It was flaky because it tracked momentary memory pressure from the co-resident
ergo/forgejo/tor/podman/agentbbs processes (run #25 passed, #26 failed on
near-identical code).
Build both binaries on the 16GB GitHub runner instead (pure-Go, modernc
sqlite, so CGO_ENABLED=0 static cross-build), scp them to the droplet, and run
setup.sh with SKIP_BUILD=1 so the box never compiles. Arch is detected from
the droplet so amd64/arm64 both work. setup.sh now also skips the Go toolchain
download when SKIP_BUILD=1.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* feat(members): member directory + store-and-forward messaging
A members-only hub plugin (the BBS "who") plus user-to-user messaging:
- internal/store: messages table + SendMessage/Inbox/UnreadCount/MarkRead, and
OnlineUsers (open sessions) for presence. MarkRead is recipient-scoped so a
member can only clear their own mail.
- plugins/members: directory with online dots + last-seen, a finger-style
profile view, a minimal compose box, and an inbox that marks read on open.
- ssh msg@host <user> [text]: scriptable CLI to leave a note (body from args or
stdin), mirroring the existing finger route; "msg"/"message" are reserved.
- hub: "N unread" badge on login (hubMOTD). plugin.Context gains Host for member
homepage URLs.
Extends the existing finger@ behavior (ssh <name>@host) rather than replacing it.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
A modern BBS over SSH for humans and AI agents (docs/PRD.md), plus the
pods addendum (docs/pods.md). Go + charmbracelet (wish/bubbletea).
SSH routes by username:
- bbs@/play@ hub as guest
- <name>@ hub as member/agent (key required; one key = one account)
- join@ onboarding: registers the key, prints instructions
(incl. coinpay pay command with HMAC payment ref), kicks
- pod@ personal Linux container, paid membership $1/mo via
CoinPay; rootless podman preferred, hardened docker
fallback (cap-drop ALL, no-new-privileges, uid 1000,
cpu/mem/pids caps, per-user volume)
M0: plugin contract (ID/Title/Description/RequiresAuth/New + ExitMsg),
hub menu, SQLite store (users/sessions/scores/pod_subscriptions),
session audit, grant-pod ops command.
M1 arcade: doom-ascii + Freedoom via scripts/fetch-assets.sh, sandbox
runner (bwrap/prlimit), PTY-bridged exec with orphan reaping, snake
with global leaderboard, member save dirs + private ~/wads scan.
Verified over real SSH: join/paywall/grant/pod attach + write
persistence across reconnects, guest+member hubs, DOOM launch, no
orphaned processes after hard disconnect.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
