build IRC notifier

[clarkbox]

build a simple form that allows a jQuery team member (or even any member of the public) to submit their IRC nick, and an email address. we will then create an alert in Splunk upon mention of the nick on any of the jQuery channels.

to prevent spam, we would need to build a simple authorization:

1. user fills in form
2. send an ajax GET request to register.html?nick=bob&email=bob@test.com&guid=xyz
3. we send confirmation email, with link to confirm.html?guid=xyz
4. when a user hits the confirm page (or maybe via batch script) we look for corresponding request with guid to register.html. if it exists, create an alert.

to prevent abuse, need a captcha, and limit to only one alert per email address.

[scottgonzalez]

Why not just store the list in the repo? It'd be much faster to implement and has built in auth.

[clarkbox]

ya that sounds like a good route. we dont need to give everyone access.