Observed arrival · 2026-10-20
Packet.social turns a social feed into networking practice
This open-source project lets people learning networking read, post, and like through a terminal-based social network.
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- People learning computer networking
- Worth noticing
- The page maps social actions to protocols: posts use TCP, while likes use UDP.
Field notes
The project presents networking concepts through actions on a social feed, with topics ranging from HTTP methods and TLS to routes and local-network MAC addresses. Its hard mode describes using curl for a signed post request and netcat to send a like as one UDP packet. A guest SSH command is available, while using a personal handle involves an SSH key.
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✦PrettyNotable craft visible
●ProPolished or operationally mature
◎NicheUnusually specific use
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