Greasemonkey Script to regularly truncate the chat (and improve site perf)

teenychat.user.js

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Teenychat TinyChat Chat Teenifier
// @description  Truncates chat regularly to eliminate slowdown.
// @author       David Schoonover <[email protected]> 
// @namespace    http://less.ly/tinychat/teenychat
// @version      0.1
// @require      https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.js
// @require      https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/lodash.js/4.17.15/lodash.js
// @run-at       document-end
// @grant        none
// @noframes
// @match        https://tinychat.com/room/*
// ==/UserScript==


(function($){
	var DEFAULT_LOG_MSG_LIMIT = window.LOG_MSG_LIMIT = 100;
	
	var log   = function(){ console.log(   '[%cTeenychat%c]', 'color: #22efb4', 'color: inherit', ...arguments); };
	log.warn  = function(){ console.warn(  '[%cTeenychat%c]', 'color: #22efb4', 'color: inherit', ...arguments); };
	log.error = function(){ console.error( '[%cTeenychat%c]', 'color: #22efb4', 'color: inherit', ...arguments); };
	log.log   = log;
	
	// log(`[$: ${$.fn.jquery}]`, `[jQuery: ${jQuery.fn.jquery}]`);
	log(`[$: ${$.fn.jquery}]`, `[jQuery: ${jQuery.fn.jquery}]`, `[lodash: ${_.VERSION}]`);
	// log(`[$: ${$.fn.jquery}]`);

	
	function shadow(sel, ctx){
		return $(sel, ctx || null)[0].shadowRoot;
	}
	
	function truncateChat(){
		var limit = Number.parseInt(window.LOG_MSG_LIMIT);
		limit = limit > -1 ? limit : DEFAULT_LOG_MSG_LIMIT;
		
		try {
			// log('truncating chat!');
			var $chat = $('#chat-instant:not(.show) ~ #chat > #chat-content', $('tc-chatlog', $('tinychat-webrtc-app')[0].shadowRoot)[0].shadowRoot)
			,   $msgs = $chat.children()
			,   $kill = $msgs.not(':first-child, dom-repeat').not($msgs.slice(-1 * limit))
			;
			if ($kill.length) {
				log('Truncating chat to', limit ,'messages... Found', $kill.length, 'messages to remove!');
				$kill.remove();
			}
		} catch(lol) {
			log.error('LOG TRUNCATION ERROR! (limit:', limit, ')',  lol);
		}
	}
	
	function truncateChat2(){
		var limit = Number.parseInt(window.LOG_MSG_LIMIT);
		limit = limit > -1 ? limit : DEFAULT_LOG_MSG_LIMIT;
		
		try {
			// log('truncating chatt 2!');
			var app   = document.body.querySelectorAll('tinychat-webrtc-app')[0].shadowRoot
			,   log   = app.querySelectorAll('tc-chatlog')[0].shadowRoot
			,   chat  = log.querySelectorAll('#chat-instant:not(.show) ~ #chat > #chat-content')[0].shadowRoot
			,   $chat = $(chat)
			,   $msgs = $chat.children()
			,   $kill = $msgs.not(':first-child, dom-repeat').not($msgs.slice(-1 * limit))
			;
			if ($kill.length) {
				log('Truncating chat (v2) to', limit ,'messages... Found', $kill.length, 'messages to remove!');
				$kill.remove();
			}
			
		} catch(lol) {
			log.error('LOG TRUNCATION v2 ERROR! (limit:', limit, ')',  lol);
		}
	}
	
	// setTimeout(() => ... }, 250)
	window.TRUNCATE_CHAT_PID = setInterval( truncateChat, 10000 );
	_.extend(window, {
		$j:$, jQ:$, shadow, truncateChat, truncateChat2
	});
	// window.$j = window.jQ = $;
	
	
})( jQuery.noConflict(true) );

oh, ha. this still has two versions of the code, with and without jQuery.