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A Brief History of Terminal Emulators

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

If you’re reading this, you’ve probably used a terminal emulator before. But have you ever wondered how this modern—yet archaic—tool came to be?

In this post, we’ll explore the history of terminal emulators, from the earliest typewriters and teleprinters to modern video terminals and the terminal emulators of today. Let’s go!

Early Terminals and Typewriters

Self-hosted Soft Serve

Fri, 28 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Soft Serve is a self-hostable Git server for the command-line. It supports Git over HTTP(s), SSH, and the Git Protocol. Soft Serve also comes with a simple straight-forward user management interface for teams.

In this post, we will go through how to set up your Soft Serve instance. This includes setting up SSH access, HTTPS using Certbot, and how to manage your Soft Serve instance.

Prerequisites

In this post, we are assuming that you have a basic knowledge of networking, a general understanding of how to use Linux and the command-line, and are comfortable using git commands.

Nyan Cat Over SSH

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Everyone knows the Nyan Cat meme that started in 2011. The meme started from a YouTube video that merged a Japanese pop song with an animated cartoon cat. Then a Telnet Nyan Cat server was created by klange/nyancat. And now, in 2022, after 11 years of nyaning, it got ported to SSH! Try it out here ssh dir.charm.sh -p2226

The Why

Well, to put it simply, why not port it to SSH! SSH is safer and a more modern protocol than Telnet is.