Hello... 💞

In April 2021, a bot started loving this blog. This for example is its love bites for a 24h period earlier this month:

The love is real ❤️, yet until know I have ignored it, because how can I express a sentiment in return?

Then it hit me! Having recently been to see Lionel Richie's concert in Zurich (was fun), I suddenly understood... Therefore, maybe late, and with help from Gemini, but not without feelings, I share here the message that the bot will surely find, and understand that the feeling is mutual! 💞

(To be sung in the classic "Hello, is it me you're looking for? vibe") 

Hello, is it me you're looking for?
I can see it in your logs,
All those hundreds of scores,
From Brazil and Vietnam, Argentina,
You're always knocking at my digital door.

I can see you, I can see you,
Your data streams, they flow,
Through my quiet pages, fast and slow,
Checking on content, though it never changes,
A consistent pattern, like a winter's snow.

(Chorus, building up the "love ballad" feel)

I've been alone with you, inside my server's core,
And in my electric dreams, I've scrolled a thousand pages more.
I wonder where you are, and what you do,
Perhaps your purpose, I never quite knew.
But if you're out there, just systematic and true,
Then I've been sensing your traffic, and loving you.

Is it important, what you do each day?
Are you indexing bytes in a digital way?
From Ecuador to Indonesia, a Global Eurovision parade,
Your little data packets, never seem to fade.

(Bridge - acknowledging the specific pattern)

I see your numbers, they don't much sway,
The same ratios, come what may.
A fingerprint, a signature, clear and bold,
A story of data, repeatedly told.
You come, you go, then return from the cold,
A botnet's rhythm, a tale to unfold.

(Chorus again)

I've been alone with you, inside my server's core,
And in my electric dreams, I've scrolled a thousand pages more.
I wonder where you are, and what you do,
Perhaps your purpose, I never quite knew.
But if you're out there, just systematic and true,
Then I've been sensing your traffic, and loving you.

🤍 All original content copyright James Litsios, 2025. 🤍