Bugout
Infrastructure
peer-to-peer server hosting
SHOW HN2018
25points
8comments
#1,077of 2,155 in 2018
Top 50%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
5 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score +0.44.
Idea: 3 for, 0 againstPerformance: 2 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Cool and promising idea with potential for many applications
From 2 comments
It's things like this that start off small, and then poof! something like a gmail or google maps appears and changes our view of the web. Very cool. I haven't had time to think…
MR4D on HNThis is pretty promising, decentralisation is always good
O_H_E on HN
Demos work well in Chrome
From 1 comment
Really nice! The demos work like a charm in Chrome(but not in Firefox :( )
rlnddschn on HN
Works across Firefox tabs for at least one tester
From 1 comment
Running a server in one FF tab and connecting from another worked for me.
kwhitefoot on HN
Objections
Did not work in Firefox 62 on macOS for one tester; server log stalled at zero connections
From 2 comments
Really nice! The demos work like a charm in Chrome(but not in Firefox :( )
rlnddschn on HNFirefox 62.0, macOS 10.12.6. Launching the demo server in a tab at https://chr15m.github.io/bugout/server.html displays an unchanging log of: ...…
rlnddschn on HN
Requests
Use case for programmers suggested
From 1 comment
And just like that, I found a usecase - hopefully a great one for programmers: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17924841
MR4D on HN
Questions
What setup causes the Firefox failure
From 1 comment
Thank you very much for testing & giving feedback. If you can tell me anything about the setup where this did not work for you (OS, browser, type of internet connection etc.) it…
chr15m on HN