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Hi Mark. What's the underlying database used there? SSB in the browser is a subproject we're pushing forwards sometimes, but it's progressing slowly. One of th

by staltz 9y ago

Hi Mark. What's the underlying database used there? SSB in the browser is a subproject we're pushing forwards sometimes, but it's progressing slowly. One of the main obstacles is IndexedDB which seems to be much worse (in many aspects) than LevelDB, upon which SSB used to base itself. Nowadays SSB is based on FlumeDB, which is often backed by just the filesystem. Then there are other obstacles like building P2P connections through WebRTC.

marknadal 9y ago
Good to hear from you Andre! Yes yes yes WebRTC has been a ridiculous pain in the butt for me, which is why I still have websocket fallback as default - browsers really need to get their game together and improve WebRTC (I hear there is a new version coming up that should fix a lot of problems) What database underneath for the demo? GUN of course, we added a framework called SEA (Security, Encryption, Authorization) which seamlessly integrates Web Crypto API in the background so app developers don't have to fuss with it directly or learn the Web Crypto API (which is poorly documented and very confusing, but a life saver that it is available at all!). Huh, haven't heard of FlumeDB I will definitely check it out. Great progress BTW, super exciting to see the community grow!!! Yeah, IndexedDB has its quirks, I stuck with localStorage personally cause it works like a charm and is much faster than any perf I could get out of LevelDB (I must have been doing something wrong with Level, because it never worked as well as we were expecting). I'm very excited to see a browser subproject of SSB, that will be great. If it helps at all, we're currently refactoring and modularizing SEA which may help with SSB in the browser even if gun isn't needed or used. Let me know!