For some reason I am still getting this:
2025/05/10 16:37:06 Error decoding message: SGVsbG8gZGFya25lc3MgbXkgb2xkIGZyaWVuZA==::53475673624738675a4746796132356c63334d6762586b676232786b49475a79615756755a413d3daaaa
The slice sets us avoid allocating within the init function.
This means init can't fail, and it also makes it easier to stack allocate messages (slice an array buffer, instead of creating a stack allocator).
