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Show HN: We made a proximity-based video chat for events

by otaviogood on 5/5/21, 5:08 PM with 3 comments

  • by otaviogood on 5/5/21, 5:08 PM

    25 person Zoom calls aren't fun. So me and my friends made a virtual gathering space for people to host online events, meetups, social hours, etc.

    Tech: Frontend uses Svelte / Snowpack, which is great. The game view uses the DOM, which is questionable, but my webgl implementation wasn't so hot either.

    Backend is Firebase for general stuff, server written in Golang for the realtime game stuff, and another Golang server for video.

    Main techincal lesson learned so far: WebRTC sure is a pain to get right across everyone's devices, browsers, and connections.