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		mi100hael on April 11, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Electron is flash for the desktop (2016) And because it's a closed-source, expensive implementation of IRC.

AlphaSite on April 11, 2017 | [–]

That's not great, but I can live with that.

eyko on April 12, 2017 | [–]

With no fuss history

mi100hael on April 12, 2017 | [–]

Honestly, though, the in-client search sucks. I'd much rather search archived text IRC logs through some web interface or locally than try and find something from 6 months ago within Slack.

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