jkarneges

> Some people have reported that, thanks to Rust’s checks, they are more willing to write code that’s a bit more dangerous than in the equivalent C (or C++)

I rewrote a C project in Rust some years ago, and in the Rust version I included many optimizations that I probably wouldn't have in C code, thanks to the ability to do them "fearlessly". The end result was so much more performant I had to double check I didn't leave something out!

I've had no trouble hitting the Firebase API at the speed items are created, with a 5 second delay between retries.

For scraping HN directly, in my experience you have to go extremely slow, like 1 minute between fetching items. And if you get blocked, it may be better to wait a long time (minutes) before trying again rather than exponential backoff, in order to get out of the penalty box. You'll need a cache for sure.

Congrats on the project! You may be right. There are other SSE services, but I can't think of one that allows clients to subscribe without authentication.

Not requiring client auth certainly makes things simple. It can even work for private data if the topics are sufficiently unguessable.

> the kids who grew up in those homes are writing things that take place there

This is kind of like how trench coats are associated with detectives, because they were regular clothing for anyone around the time of early detective films.

I agree it has some problems. For now, it is mostly a UX proof-of-concept and probably not how an official poll should be conducted.

> What problem is this envisioned as solving?

Its core mission is to legitimize all candidates on the ballot. This is something caucuses and ranked-choice voting can do, but since our general elections don't work this way, I wonder if the voting experience could be augmented from the private sector. (Of course, efforts to change how our actual elections work is still worthwhile and can be pursued in parallel).

Basically, if enough people (millions) were to use an app like this to meta-vote before committing to a single actual vote, we could simulate alternative voting processes without government involvement.

It's a proof-of-concept for a potential startup idea, not endorsed by my employer. I simply picked tech in arms reach.

Maybe in 2028 this could be a real thing, regardless of where it is running. An edge cloud does seem ideal for national live events though.

I'm not sure there'd be much benefit to using shielding with WebSockets, since the traffic wouldn't be cached/collapsed. You can still shield HTTP traffic on the same domain being used for WebSockets.

WAF could be nice though.

> Does Fastly support WebSockets yet?

It does! Can be served at the edge or passed through to origin.

> almost no one on their death bed wishes they had spent more time working / on their computer

And old age isn’t needed to figure this out. Even middle age will do. When I reflect on my life, I almost never think about past work.

(Yet, I remain mostly working.)