# New Erlang OSS Discord server run by creator of Cowboy

**URL:** <https://erlangforums.com/t/new-erlang-oss-discord-server-run-by-creator-of-cowboy/4215>\
**Category:** Chat / Discussions\
**Tags:** cowboy, gun, open-source, ranch, erlang\
**Created:** [November 27, 2024, 10:08am UTC](https://erlangforums.com/t/new-erlang-oss-discord-server-run-by-creator-of-cowboy/4215 "2024-11-27T10:08:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![juhlig](https://erlangforums.com/user_avatar/erlangforums.com/juhlig/32/837_2.png) [@juhlig](https://erlangforums.com/u/juhlig)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 10:08am UTC](https://erlangforums.com/t/new-erlang-oss-discord-server-run-by-creator-of-cowboy/4215/1 "2024-11-27T10:08:46Z")

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Last week, @essen (creator and maintainer of [cowboy](https://github.com/ninenines/cowboy), [ranch](https://github.com/ninenines/ranch), [gun](https://github.com/ninenines/gun), [erlang.mk](https://github.com/ninenines/erlang.mk) and [other related projects](https://github.com/ninenines)) announced the [Erlang OSS Discord server](https://ninenines.eu/articles/discord-server/).

While created for the purpose of [ninenines](https://ninenines.eu/)-related projects, it is open to any kind of open source project written in or usable from Erlang.

As I understand it, it is targeted less at user questions or user-maintainer interactions (this is what this forum and the Erlang Slack already covers) but mainly at interactions between maintainers and contributors (tl;dr, like how it was with IRC back in the old days (and gosh, I _miss_ the old days 😅)).

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**Author:** ![Maria-12648430](https://erlangforums.com/user_avatar/erlangforums.com/maria-12648430/32/604_2.png) [@Maria-12648430](https://erlangforums.com/u/Maria-12648430)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 10:14am UTC](https://erlangforums.com/t/new-erlang-oss-discord-server-run-by-creator-of-cowboy/4215/2 "2024-11-27T10:14:31Z")

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> [@juhlig](#):
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> (tl;dr, like how it was with IRC back in the old days (and gosh, I _miss_ the old days 😅))

~~Oh yeah, me too! That was _so_ much fun 😃~~  
IRC 🙄 You are _so_ old!

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**Author:** ![juhlig](https://erlangforums.com/user_avatar/erlangforums.com/juhlig/32/837_2.png) [@juhlig](https://erlangforums.com/u/juhlig)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 10:23am UTC](https://erlangforums.com/t/new-erlang-oss-discord-server-run-by-creator-of-cowboy/4215/3 "2024-11-27T10:23:17Z")

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> [@Maria-12648430](#):
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> IRC 🙄

No color, no emojis, more good 😉

> [@Maria-12648430](#):
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> You are _so_ old!

~~_You_ are not getting any younger, either 😁~~ True…

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**Author:** ![harrisi](https://erlangforums.com/user_avatar/erlangforums.com/harrisi/32/2404_2.png) [@harrisi](https://erlangforums.com/u/harrisi)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 10:44am UTC](https://erlangforums.com/t/new-erlang-oss-discord-server-run-by-creator-of-cowboy/4215/4 "2024-11-27T10:44:25Z")

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One of the unfortunate things about Discord for smaller, slower communities is that invite links may expire before people see them. I’m assuming that’s what happened here. Or the link was pasted wrong and was never valid.

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**Author:** ![juhlig](https://erlangforums.com/user_avatar/erlangforums.com/juhlig/32/837_2.png) [@juhlig](https://erlangforums.com/u/juhlig)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 10:48am UTC](https://erlangforums.com/t/new-erlang-oss-discord-server-run-by-creator-of-cowboy/4215/5 "2024-11-27T10:48:48Z")

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~~Yeah, I just noticed and reported the issue.~~

The linked website has been updated with an invite link that should not expire. `README`s of projects where it is mentioned and the `erlang.mk` website will follow.

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**Author:** ![Maria-12648430](https://erlangforums.com/user_avatar/erlangforums.com/maria-12648430/32/604_2.png) [@Maria-12648430](https://erlangforums.com/u/Maria-12648430)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 10:58am UTC](https://erlangforums.com/t/new-erlang-oss-discord-server-run-by-creator-of-cowboy/4215/6 "2024-11-27T10:58:03Z")

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> [@juhlig](#):
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> No color, _ **no emojis** _, more good

… he said, followed by…

> [@juhlig](#):
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> 😉

> [@juhlig](#):
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> ~~_You_ are not getting any younger, either~~

~~Remind me to stab you in the eye next time we meet IRL~~  
The invention of “striking out” was IMO better than the invention of writing itself 😬