Ask HN: Best method to build distributed web apps in 2016?

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by philippnagel • 10 years ago

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niftich2• 10 years ago

Please provide more context. What's is distributed in your scheme: the data and/or the server-side computation? Are you opposed to performing complex operations solely on the client?

philippnagel3• 10 years ago

It wont be very complex in terms of computing. Storage and bandwidth will be an issue because it's basically an image sharing site on steroids (various media types (gifs, short videos, text) interactive posts, some real-time twitter like feed & comments).

I've had a look at Diaspora [0] and ViralJS [1], a P2P CDN and I think I might go down that route.

Do you have any suggestions?

0: https://diasporafoundation.org

1: https://github.com/PixelsCommander/ViralJS

niftich2• 10 years ago

For lack of a better term, this is an 'emerging' field, so I don't know if best practices (in terms of architecture) apply (yet).

In addition to Diaspora, have a look at GitTorrent [1], which uses the BitTorrent DHT for data storage, git as a data interface, and the bitcoin blockchain for verified identities. You can also draw inspiration from IFPS [2]. There is also a curated list [3] of resources or technologies useable to build p2p systems, including these and many other projects and libraries.

[1] https://github.com/cjb/GitTorrent

[2] https://ipfs.io/

[3] https://github.com/kgryte/awesome-peer-to-peer

xchaotic• 10 years ago

It sounds like the wrong question or a solution looking for a problem. Are you already hitting traffic that can't be handled by big servers? Do you actually have a problem?

philippnagel3• 10 years ago

No not at all. However I want to build a specific product and would like to learn something new while doing so.

LarryMade2• 10 years ago

Depends on the size and function...

anfroid555• 10 years ago

Erlang

qaq• 10 years ago

or Elixir or anything that targets BEAM :)

l4xecz• 10 years ago

I may be misunderstanding your question, but perhaps MaidSafe could be of interest to you.

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