GUN Starter App Boilerplate
Infrastructure
realtime sync database
SHOW HN2016
89points
17comments
#428of 2,264 in 2016
Top 19%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
4 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score +0.28.
Idea: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting, powerful and simple design
From 2 comments
This seems very interesting, powerful and yet simple, congratulations! I've noticed in one of the samples how the data is stored in a single json file on the server, so I'm…
felipeccastro on HNI'd never heard of gun before, but the project looks interesting. I see there's a few videos in the main repo's readme, so I'll be checking em out. Any comments on how it…
TheAceOfHearts on HN
Useful as a Firebase alternative
From 1 comment
Wow, this looks really promising. I went with Firebase when it became too obnoxious to manage websocket concurrency. I didn't even know about gun. I appreciate that the starter…
j4pe on HN
Objections
Eventually consistent, so unsuitable for banking or accounting
From 1 comment
Thanks for the comment! I'll start with what you should not use gun for: It is a strong eventually consistent system (AP if you are familiar with the CAP Theorem) which means it…
marknadal on HN
JSON dump storage does not scale
From 1 comment
Thanks for the compliments, that is very encouraging! And for the constructive questions. You point out something very important - the json dump definitely is not scalable! That…
marknadal on HN
Requests
Clearer documentation
From 1 comment
First time hearing of Gun. Sounds very interesting! I'm a little confused about a few things though. Is Gun meant to run in the browser? If so how does it compare to PouchDB? And…
liamcurry on HN
Questions
How does it compare to PouchDB?
From 2 comments
I'd never heard of gun before, but the project looks interesting. I see there's a few videos in the main repo's readme, so I'll be checking em out. Any comments on how it…
TheAceOfHearts on HNFirst time hearing of Gun. Sounds very interesting! I'm a little confused about a few things though. Is Gun meant to run in the browser? If so how does it compare to PouchDB? And…
liamcurry on HN
Can it run on IndexedDB?
From 1 comment
I'm currently building a P2P web app/social network that ideally should run completely in the browser and haven't looked at Gun before. Can Gun be used on top of IndexedDB? You…
philippnagel on HN
Does it work with React Native?
From 1 comment
Wow, this looks really promising. I went with Firebase when it became too obnoxious to manage websocket concurrency. I didn't even know about gun. I appreciate that the starter…
j4pe on HN
Alternatives named
PouchDB
From 1 comment
I'd never heard of gun before, but the project looks interesting. I see there's a few videos in the main repo's readme, so I'll be checking em out. Any comments on how it…
TheAceOfHearts on HN
Firebase
From 1 comment
Wow, this looks really promising. I went with Firebase when it became too obnoxious to manage websocket concurrency. I didn't even know about gun. I appreciate that the starter…
j4pe on HN
CouchDB
From 1 comment
I'd never heard of gun before, but the project looks interesting. I see there's a few videos in the main repo's readme, so I'll be checking em out. Any comments on how it…
TheAceOfHearts on HN
Cayley and Gremlin
From 1 comment
Actually, it has answered it. Thank you! I want to build something with some simple graph things. I couldn't manage to do with Cayley and Gremlin I'll try now with Gun. I'll ask…
fiatjaf on HN