I got my first taste of IRC in 1997, on a 56k modem that screamed every time it connected. Within a week I was writing mIRC scripts. Within a month I was running a channel. Within a year I was operating a small network.
That was almost three decades ago. Since then I have worked as a systems administrator, network engineer, and infrastructure consultant across Europe and Latin America. I have managed everything from single-server setups to distributed architectures handling millions of connections.
IRC6 is my way of documenting what I have learned — not just about IRC, but about the culture, the protocols, the tools, and the mindset that shaped the internet as we know it. Some of it is history. Some of it is still very much alive.
I write about what I know from experience: server administration, network security, open-source tooling, protocol design, and the human side of running online communities. No buzzwords, no hype — just things that work and why they work.
If you want to reach me, the old ways still apply. You know where to find me.
— Marco Pellegrini