Deepstream.io
Infrastructure
real-time server
SHOW HN2016
301points
83comments
#63of 2,264 in 2016
Top 3%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
14 positive, 35 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 54 comments about the project. Thread score +0.12.
Docs: 3 for, 1 againstDesign: 2 for, 1 againstIdea: 3 for, 0 againstPerformance: 1 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Impressive interactive demo and visualization
From 2 comments
The "Under the hood" visualization is awesome. I think more projects need to take the time to communicate details like this (without just big blobs of text or links to big piles…
akumpf on HNThere is demo video of the parents organisations product. https://vimeo.com/143728632 There are times I see stuff done in the browser that makes me feel inadequate, this is one…
noir_lord on HN
Fast performance and good scalability
From 2 comments
Really nice to see Deepstream being on the front page of HN! I'm currently using Deepstream in production for one of our clients in-house applications, so unfortunately I can't…
Svenskunganka on HNAfter a streak of HN articles loading slow or crashing my old mobile browser, your site loaded instantly! I have a heuristic bias that whether a web-tech company's web site crash…
z3t4 on HN
Well-planned, developer-friendly docs and features
From 1 comment
Really nice to see Deepstream being on the front page of HN! I'm currently using Deepstream in production for one of our clients in-house applications, so unfortunately I can't…
Svenskunganka on HN
Objections
Documentation is thin compared to visuals
From 1 comment
Personally, I think the time spent on such visualizations is better spent on proper documentation, which is often inadequate. And by proper documentation, I don't mean one…
amelius on HN
Client library size is large (297KB)
From 1 comment
297KB (114KB minified) seems a bit much for a client library, given its feature set.
vortico on HN
Site served over HTTP, not HTTPS
From 1 comment
"We know you're worried about security, and so are we." Please enable https for your website. Even the fact that I am looking at your site might interest others on or near my…
chinathrow on HN
Conflict resolution and merge strategy unclear
From 2 comments
Why would you need some complicated algorithm for this?
Kiro on HNUser A and B both have document X version 1. They both edit this before synchronisation and thus they both have their own version 2. What do?
izym on HN
Requests
Polymer tutorial
From 1 comment
Do you have any suggestions how to get started with deepstream + polymer (webcomponent library by google www.polymer-project.org/1.0/ )? I have been doing some research on your…
stemuk on HN
Open source the Hoxton One demo
From 1 comment
Any plan to open source Hoxton One? I got so excited by the demo that it made me check out your careers page.
splintercell on HN
Benchmarks and stress test results
From 2 comments
Does look very good. Are their any stress tests available? How many "devices" can an instance handle (yes I know this is arbitrary).
awjr on HNHow does it compare to Meteor? And about the claim: 'exceptionally fast'. What does this mean? Compared to what? Any benchmarks?
sebak on HN
Questions
How does it compare to Firebase, Socket.io, Meteor, SocketCluster?
From 4 comments
Is this similar to firebase https://www.firebase.com/?
awjr on HNHow is it better than socket.io or http://socketcluster.io/
EGreg on HNhow does this compare to express/koa/hapi/strongloop/socket.io?
morenoh149 on HNHow does it compare to Meteor? And about the claim: 'exceptionally fast'. What does this mean? Compared to what? Any benchmarks?
sebak on HN
How are slow clients and conflicts handled?
From 2 comments
I skimmed the docs, but I'm unsure about the semantics. The pubsub, what happens to slow clients? The same for synchronization. Basically - how it behaves when the clients are…
majke on HNWhat is the algorithm used for JSON synchronization? Operational Transformation, CRDT, diff/patch?
espadrine on HN
How mature is the code and is it used in production?
From 1 comment
Interesting self-hosted alternative to Firebase. I have some questions (as someone seriously evaluating this for use)! ``` * How mature would you say your code is? * Is anyone…
akanet on HN
How is security handled?
From 1 comment
How is security dealt with? I tried to find it in the documentation, but without luck so far.
amelius on HN
Alternatives named
Firebase
From 2 comments
Is this similar to firebase https://www.firebase.com/?
awjr on HNYes, but there are a number of core differences - Deepstream.io is a free open source server, not a PaaS offering - Deepstream offers pub-sub, request-response and web-rtc call…
wolframhempel on HN
Socket.io
From 2 comments
How is it better than socket.io or http://socketcluster.io/
EGreg on HNReally nice to see Deepstream being on the front page of HN! I'm currently using Deepstream in production for one of our clients in-house applications, so unfortunately I can't…
Svenskunganka on HN
Meteor
From 2 comments
How does it compare to Meteor? And about the claim: 'exceptionally fast'. What does this mean? Compared to what? Any benchmarks?
sebak on HNReally nice to see Deepstream being on the front page of HN! I'm currently using Deepstream in production for one of our clients in-house applications, so unfortunately I can't…
Svenskunganka on HN
SocketCluster
From 2 comments
How is it better than socket.io or http://socketcluster.io/
EGreg on HNReally nice to see Deepstream being on the front page of HN! I'm currently using Deepstream in production for one of our clients in-house applications, so unfortunately I can't…
Svenskunganka on HN
RethinkDB
From 1 comment
If you like this, also take a look at RethinkDB: https://www.rethinkdb.com/
_yy on HN