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Actually, I have a question. Why not just any old container on the back-end, and mostly focus on the protocol between the web browser and the backend? Why are y

• GMoromisato 3y ago
  A couple of reasons: 1. I want developers to have a unified, integrated API. For example, the UI controls can connect to a database object and get data change notifications. That makes it easy to, e.g., show a table control that updates when rows change. 2. I want to (eventually) handle data and processing that exceeds a single node's capacity. For example, a map function over an array should automatically be distributed over as many cores/machines as needed. In a sense, the program should be able to tap into as many resources as it needs/can afford without special code. Of course, I could have done both of those things in different ways, without a unified platform layer, but where's the fun in that? I wrote a bit about it here: https://medium.com/@gridwhale/rise-of-the-hyperplatforms-d4a148e608de https://medium.com/@gridwhale/rise-of-the-hyperplatforms-d4a...