John Poole

A house is not a building code.

I wrote about using ChatGPT + Codex to derive a protocol specification for Reticulum/LXMF from its Python implementation—turning “look at the source” into something closer to a language-neutral contract, with test vectors to follow.

https://salemdata.net/johnpress/?p=812

#Reticulum #LXMF #Codex #AIcoding #ProtocolDesign #EmbeddedSystems #TBeamSupreme #ESP32

Jun 6 at 9:07pmWeb
Show threadcircfruitJun 6
@VogueLaGalere nice! However this kindnof breaks because sideband and meshchatx inject more data into LXMF packets for telemetry. I didn’t get into details too much tbh. In general anyone can add ‘protocol layer’ on top of reticulum by attaching a packet named scope. I for example was thinking of experimenting with specific telemetry packets, like Meahtastic has.
Show threadJohn PooleJun 6
@circfruit Yes, but having a conversation about such a pure protocol as you are considering will lead to a more informed discussion if it can be parsed and a specification formulated from your code. Consideration of a protocol is best had when your have the terms of the specification defined, using AI to extract them ought to be very helpful.
Show threadcircfruitJun 7
@VogueLaGalere totally agree with your point. It’s much easier when you have clear specs.
Show threadadingbatponder  👾Jun 7
@VogueLaGalere
My attempt to make #reticulum #rns a bit more intuitive:
https://codeberg.org/adingbatponder/reticulum_nixos_flake/src/docs/reticulum-great-parcel-game.md
reticulum_nixos_flake/docs/reticulum-great-parcel-game.md at main

reticulum_nixos_flake - Installing reticulum messaging and site tools MeshChat and Nomadnet using NixOS flake

Codeberg.org
Show threadJohn PooleJun 7

@adingbatponder Your explanation is excellent. This kind of high level description ought to help people new to #Reticulum. It would be ideal to tie this into a real specification -- a project I'm about to undertake using thatSFguy's project.

I am at a disadvantage here because I've never heard of https://
wiki.nixos.org/wiki/NixOS [revised URL], I've just focused on Gentoo and whatever other systems I've needed when Gentoo did not have a package for something I wanted to install.

Show threadadingbatponder  👾Jun 7
@VogueLaGalere Thanks. It is linked to the reticulum docs 1.3.4 , I hope, but I was not happy with the content of the announces in the allegory... I need to RTFM there more.
Show threadJohn PooleJun 7
@adingbatponder the concept of the old telephone party line comes to mind especially since the radio airwaves are something that one must be careful not to collide with other transmissions. In my testing of several transmitting T-Beams, I think I ran into that problem with the transport unit freely transmitting. I then realize I need to be mindful of avoiding cancellations.
Show threadPol DellaieraJun 7
@VogueLaGalere @adingbatponder Please don't spread the old wiki URL. The correct URL is now: https://wiki.nixos.org/wiki/NixOS
NixOS - Official NixOS Wiki

NixOS is a Linux distribution based on the Nix package manager and build system. It supports declarative system-wide configuration management as well as atomic upgrades and rollbacks, although it can additionally support imperative package and user management. In NixOS, all components of the distribution...