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Show HN: I vibe coded a Gnutella P2P client to learn how it works

by rickcarlino on 6/19/25, 8:42 PM with 4 comments

• by paulkrush on 6/20/25, 2:16 AM

  Oh.. You have been nostalgically spelunking the old Gnutella 0.6 peer-to-peer protocol

• by KomoD on 6/20/25, 3:12 PM

  I don't understand how vibe coding it helps you learn how the protocol works, can you explain?

  Wouldn't the best way to learn how it works by just writing the implementation yourself?

• by dankwizard on 6/20/25, 2:13 AM

  Hey everyone look at the prompts I used, how zany