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+memed
+=======
+
+`MEMEwork Daemon`
+
+Core functions of memed:
+
+ - Communicate with Discord
+ - Logging what users do on our containers
+ - Handling the `rsudo` command
+ - Fucking over users by banning them
+
+## The protocol
+
+connect to `log.suck` (unix domain socket).
+
+### how do send packet
+
+```
+[L][OP][data : str]
+
+L = little endian encoding of an unsigned int
+  Represents the data length
+
+OP = little endian encoding of an int
+  OP table soon
+
+data = the data you're sending
+```
+
+### give op codes
+
+```
+When connecting, you receive an OP 0 with `hello` as the data,
+make sure you receive that before continuing.
+
+the only OP code right now is OP 1, which receives a logline,
+parses through it and logs it down to Postgres
+```
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