graphql-gun
Languages and libraries
graphql client library
SHOW HN2017
37points
7comments
#940of 2,242 in 2017
Top 42%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
0 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.
Idea: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
GUN persists data to disk by default on server, providing storage node for new clients
From 1 comment
Ah, yes! Thank you for clarifying. (sorry for the late reply) This actually works out of the box, sorry if if this wasn't clear. When you run a gun server ( `npm start` or see…
marknadal on HN
Objections
GUN server-side persistent storage was missing; commenters doubted GUN fits as a database
From 2 comments
Is there an update on server-side persistent storage for gundb? This was the big missing piece the last time I looked at it.
anilgulecha on HNWas there ever a plan to build one? AFAIK gun never intended to fit more than the definition of its authors very broad interpretation of the term database.
hobofan on HN
Storage engine performance is not yet satisfactory
From 1 comment
We've added a couple more storage engines, like SQLite which should also be compatible with Postgres. However I'm not very satisfied with the performance of them or any of the…
marknadal on HN
Requests
Server-side persistent storage node for GUN
From 1 comment
Right now gun has multiclient offline-first capability. If the clients go away (and the data destroyed), there's no way of loading data on the new client. WHat I'm looking for is…
anilgulecha on HN
Questions
Whether GUN has a server-side persistent storage option
From 2 comments
Is there an update on server-side persistent storage for gundb? This was the big missing piece the last time I looked at it.
anilgulecha on HNRight now gun has multiclient offline-first capability. If the clients go away (and the data destroyed), there's no way of loading data on the new client. WHat I'm looking for is…
anilgulecha on HN
Alternatives named
PouchDB with CouchDB
From 2 comments
I was thinking a pouch-couch situation for offline-first usecase. Basically I'd use gun-gunserverside on multiple clients, and get sync free on the clients, when the clients come…
anilgulecha on HNRight now gun has multiclient offline-first capability. If the clients go away (and the data destroyed), there's no way of loading data on the new client. WHat I'm looking for is…
anilgulecha on HN