Prvi gost

There's a particular hum a CRT makes the moment before it warms up. A little electric clearing of the throat. kafana.dev made that sound on a Tuesday, and then the neon caught, and then — because the internet is the internet — somebody walked in.

„Je l' otvoreno?" · "Are you open?"

We are always open. OPEN 24/7, says the sign, and the sign does not lie.

Why a tavern

Most developer sites are lobbies. Cold marble, a chatbot, a Book a demo button that follows you down the page like a hungry cat. We wanted the opposite — a kafana: warm light, a bartender who remembers your drink, and nowhere you have to be.

So the rules here are simple:

• The rakija is 96-proof. Mind it.
• The wifi password is hunter2. It has always been hunter2.
• You can type help at the bar and the bartender will take any command.

The bartender

His name is Pingvin. He has been pulling kernels and pouring rakija since before systemd was a rumour, and he runs the whole place on caffeine, a single Raspberry Pi, and pure spite.

$ ssh [email protected]
Connecting to tavern… established.
● kernel: fresh  ·  rakija: stocked  ·  vibe: immaculate

He never goes down. Well — 99.99% of the time.

Pull up a stool

That's the whole pitch. There's a terminal behind the bar, a chalkboard menu, a jukebox that plays a passable kolo, and now — apparently — a blog, where we'll write down the things worth writing down.

Sit. Order something. Stay a while.

Živeli. 🍻