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48 pointsmorgenkaffee10y ago14 comments

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This looks really cool. I went ahead and added it to the Arch User Repositories[0].

[0]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pipecat-bin/

Ok, I know message queues[1] are not the most popular part of System V IPC, but was it really necessary to overload the name?

(I mean ActiveMQ et al overloading "message queue" in general, not you pipecat project)

[1] http://beej.us/guide/bgipc/output/html/singlepage/bgipc.html...

nikolay10y ago

Great job! I am definitely gonna use this daily!

agborkowski8610y ago

hey guys can u provide usage scenario ?

nyan410y ago

Why no 0mq? :)

morgenkaffeeOP10y ago

I don't have any experience with zeromq as I mostly deal with AMQP protocols. But good that you mention it - if there is a demand I can dig into it.

There are quite a few other message queue systems out there. I can also imagine that pipecat could work as a kind of migration systems between them. But this probably should be a separate tool as it requires shuffling around metadata as well.

jbverschoor10y ago

Very cool!

sjs38210y ago

That logo... yikes.

lps4110y ago

Yeah... Maybe change it to a cat crawling into a pipe? Depicted from the side?

dexwiz10y ago

Well it's...memorable?

morgenkaffeeOP10y ago

Now that I look at it again it also seems offensive. Switched it to a more boring but more suitable logo.

Thanks.

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kenny_r10y ago

This looks really cool. I went ahead and added it to the Arch User Repositories[0].

[0]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pipecat-bin/

pdkl9510y ago

Ok, I know message queues[1] are not the most popular part of System V IPC, but was it really necessary to overload the name?

(I mean ActiveMQ et al overloading "message queue" in general, not you pipecat project)

[1] http://beej.us/guide/bgipc/output/html/singlepage/bgipc.html...

nikolay10y ago

Great job! I am definitely gonna use this daily!

agborkowski8610y ago

hey guys can u provide usage scenario ?

nyan410y ago

Why no 0mq? :)

morgenkaffeeOP10y ago

I don't have any experience with zeromq as I mostly deal with AMQP protocols. But good that you mention it - if there is a demand I can dig into it.

jbverschoor10y ago

Very cool!

sjs38210y ago

That logo... yikes.

lps4110y ago

Yeah... Maybe change it to a cat crawling into a pipe? Depicted from the side?

dexwiz10y ago

Well it's...memorable?

morgenkaffeeOP10y ago

Now that I look at it again it also seems offensive. Switched it to a more boring but more suitable logo.

Thanks.

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