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If you're a Peter Thiel fan, they discuss their secret here: Developing countries have poor mobile data infrastructure and thus messaging apps need to be optimi
by coralreef 12y ago
If you're a Peter Thiel fan, they discuss their secret here: Developing countries have poor mobile data infrastructure and thus messaging apps need to be optimized for a poor connection.
- meowface 12y agoI'm assuming they're just using a simple "store and send repeatedly until receipt is acknowledged" model, kind of like Skype does. Maybe I'm just naive but is it difficult to build a messaging app that works fine over unreliable connections, as long as a small delay is acceptable? User interface and tie-in features seem like the only difficult parts for apps like these. edit: Nevermind, read more of the article and realized they also optimized voice calls for slow and unreliable connections, which is a far more difficult feat.