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I don't think notifications would be possible easily without me having a backend server making tons of requests every second polling for new comments on a per u
by busymom0 7y ago
I don't think notifications would be possible easily without me having a backend server making tons of requests every second polling for new comments on a per user basis.
With that said, maybe I am uneducated because I had never heard of HNReplies. I am going to look into it now and see how they handle this problem!
- joshstrange 7y agoSorry, I missed this reply (b/c I didn't check my email lol). Yes it would require backend servers and polling of the HN API. I'm not sure if HNReplies uses the Firebase API or the Algolia API (or just basic scraping).