Show HN: Run servers out of browser tabs over WebRTC

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25 points·chr15m··8 comments

It's things like this that start off small, and then poof! something like a gmail or google maps appears and changes our view of the web.

Very cool.

I haven't had time to think about potential applications (beyond the obvious messaging ones), but I'm sure the list will grow quickly.

Thanks! What I am most excited about is ordinary people being able to deploy servers and software stacks for their own private use, instead of having to rely on expensive technically skilled people.

And just like that, I found a usecase - hopefully a great one for programmers:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17924841

Really nice! The demos work like a charm in Chrome(but not in Firefox :( )

Thank you very much for testing & giving feedback.

If you can tell me anything about the setup where this did not work for you (OS, browser, type of internet connection etc.) it would be very helpful! I'm keen to fix platform bugs.

Feel free to do this on a GitHub ticket if that's easier.

Firefox 62.0, macOS 10.12.6.

Launching the demo server in a tab at https://chr15m.github.io/bugout/server.html displays an unchanging log of:

... https://chr15m.github.io/bugout/#bLG...<redacted>

Connect back to this server-in-a-tab using the link above. connections: 0

Launching the client test page in another tab at https://chr15m.github.io/bugout/#bLG...<redacted> displays an unchanging log of:

... My address is bXW...<redacted> Connecting to the server... (this can take a minute)

Running a server in one FF tab and connecting from another worked for me.

This is pretty promising, decentralisation is always good

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