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I like the library but the title is pure clickbait. I expected an article arguing this position, not a github repo. The github repo simply does not explain why
by Sacho 10y ago
I like the library but the title is pure clickbait. I expected an article arguing this position, not a github repo. The github repo simply does not explain why "you should never use Socket.IO" - performance is not necessarily the only feature Socket.IO offers, it could be API surface, etc..Socket.IO is also two parts - a client and a server, and this library is just a server.
The title is doubly worse because it doesn't actually promote the library. You could quote the repo instead - "mWebSockets - a lightweight, efficient & scalable WebSocket server"
- alexhultman 10y agoYou don't consider a 60x performance overhead reason enough? And yeah, thanks so very much for flagging this post!
- Sacho 10y agoI didn't flag the post.
- evv 10y agoIf there is a 60x performance difference, why not put that information in the title? The title doesn't even mention uWebSockets, and it is clearly your intention to promote it. In the future, please avoid using link-baity titles like this on HN. The reason I've selected socket.io for projects in the past is because of the awesome documentation and slick marketing, not because of snarky attacks on other libraries.