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Being served by Node.js isn't really a selling point to most people, but I applaud the effort none the less.
by burgerzzz 7y ago
Being served by Node.js isn't really a selling point to most people, but I applaud the effort none the less.
- smt88 7y agoIt's actually the opposite of a selling point. Node does well against other languages with I/O bound jobs, but throw something CPU-intensive at it and it's not even close to C, C++, Java, or Go.
- mayeaux 7y agoThe app is decoupled such that the frontend can run separately from the intensive processes. I have the app running on a free Heroku dyno right now and it's running great even serving up to 100 concurrent users.
- smt88 7y agoHow are you handling the intensive processes and why is it worth having JS in the mix? Why not use one language? Unrelated: the planned federation is muuuuuch more interesting than the stack you're using.
- mayeaux 7y agoYup federation is planned. And JavaScript is the language of the web, JavaScript + Node together is something I really enjoy working with. And intensive things like video conversions is run closer to the metal than the Node app