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+# 2026-02-22
+## 2200
+
+Requirements:
+- Need a better Revolt client that's cross-platform native
+    - Ideally macOS / iPadOS / iOS / Windows / Linux / Android / Web
+- Need the UI / UX to be top-notch and feel good in the hands, otherwise people won't use it
+    - On top of this, it should also be _fun_ and _cute_
+- Accessibility should be considered, but I do not have experience in this area, will need to do research
+- Currently Revolt has a (now deprecated) web app and a native app that doesn't support custom endpoints
+    - We're forking from Revolt, so don't need to worry about breaking changes on their end
+    - Sticking with the name ermine cause I like it (stylized `ermine` all lowercase to be cool)
+- Decided to try using Slint + Rust for a more bare-bones low-level approach
+- Licensing
+    - Slint requires GPLv3 without a paid license - fine with this
+    - Revolt is also AGPLv3
+    - Code I write will be MIT as I don't want to hinder people re-using anything for any reason
+- Have already spent a number of hours 100% vibe coding a prototype
+    - Used Flutter + Dart (was considered for this iteration)
+    - It worked okay, had a UX close to what I want as a starting point, so we know what we want is possible, we just need to build it
+    - There are just too many bugs and there's no way to trust the code written underneath
+    - Feel awful and ashamed of vibe coding, giving away my agency and creativity to an LLM and to big tech, rotting away my ability to create
+- This is a project to push myself outside of my comfort zone towards something I've not done before, to grow beyond the limitations I've placed upon myself
+    - Having seen what other people've worked on, over months, and the kind of dedication they have towards software quality, I know this is something that will take time to craft instead of something I can bang out in a few hyperfixated days
+
+Resources:
+- Slint
+    - https://docs.slint.dev/latest/docs/slint/
+- Rust
+    - https://docs.rs/http/latest/http/
+    - https://docs.rs/sqlite/latest/sqlite/
+    - https://docs.rs/json/latest/json/
+    - https://docs.rs/websocket/latest/websocket/
+    - https://doc.rust-lang.org/rust-by-example/testing/unit_testing.html
+- Revolt
+    - https://developers.stoat.chat/developers/endpoints/
+    - https://developers.stoat.chat/api-reference
+    - https://stoat.chat/api
+    - https://revolt.handmadecities.com/api
+    - https://github.com/livekit/livekit
+- HMC
+    - https://git.handmadecities.com/HMC/handmade-revolt
+
+Notes:
+- Slint reminds me a lot of when I tried messing with SwiftUI
+- Trying to make things look pretty early on is a fools errand
+    - Need to remember to make things work, then make them look nice
+- Have not used Rust before so this should be interesting
+- HMC Revolt seems to be on version 0.8.2 while Stoat is now on 0.11.5
+    - Have an OpenAPI spec for the latest stoat, but no historical ones
+    - Need to figure out what differences exist, if any, and how to support different server versions cleanly
+- Seems like there's an `/api` endpoint with information about the server (if it's a revolt server)
+    - App version
+    - autumn endpoint (file server)
+    - january endpoint (media server)
+    - voso ?
+    - livekit ?
+        - livekit seems to be what's used for voice / video support
+        - Currently not supported by HMC Revolt instance
+    - main websocket
+- Trying to use progenitor + openAPI spec to generate rust code, not going that well, and Gwen said it may be better to write these by hand
+    - progenitor didn't work due to it operating under the assumption that endpoints only return one type, which this spec violates (https://github.com/oxidecomputer/progenitor/issues/950)
+- Read through documentation mostly, taking it slow and making sure I understand how things are working, being patient with myself