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Building for People, Not News Cycles

Since the Discord drama, I keep getting some variation of the same question: “Tawny, seize this opportunity. This is huge for efchat.” I’m focused on slow, steady technical progress. Why? Our team is very, very small. We have limited funds. We have technical gaps that we must bridge. Once we bridge the technical gaps, we need a monetization strategy. I don’t think Discord will be able to reverse course. They’re a behemoth, and they will suffer from lag because of the size of their organization. We have to stay focused on delighting you all, rather than flair. ...

February 11, 2026 · 2 min · efchat

No, efchat.net isn't malware.

Recently, a few posts circulated claiming that files from efchat.net were “malware.” Those claims are incorrect and stem from a misunderstanding of how modern web apps work. What actually happened A user downloaded a file named effie.png from https://efchat.net/src/assets/effie.png. That path, which looked like an image URL, returned HTML (our main site page) because efchat uses a single-page application (SPA) framework. SPAs often return index.html for any unrecognized route so the client router can handle navigation. ...

October 20, 2025 · 2 min · efchat engineering