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You don't need django-channels anymore for SSE: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/ref/request-response/#...

> 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 i…

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 extrem…

The HN/Firebase API doesn't make this easy. For https://hnstream.com I ended up crawling items to find the article.

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…

Hi HN! Fastly Pub/Sub makes it easy to send messages in real-time to browsers and other devices, using SSE or MQTT. It is built on top of Fanout, our global connection management &…

> 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 cloth…

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? I…

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…

Hmm. Yes, using Fastly for that. Can you go to https://ileantoward.com/geotest and see if anything looks fishy? Notably country_code and region (region should have a state code if …

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 …

> Does Fastly support WebSockets yet? It does! Can be served at the edge or passed through to origin.

Hi HN! This is an experiment with low-friction, "fearless", Internet-based polling. There is no authentication, only a captcha and restriction to US IP addresses. Congressional dis…

> 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 …

facepalm

Does HN skew democratic? Maybe so. Still interesting to see the breakdown.

One of the goals with the non-binding vote aspect is to encourage people to fearlessly vote their first choice. They can always change it to something else at the last minute. Then…

He dropped out while I was developing this, so I removed him. But I could re-add him if it makes sense.

Sorry about that! To keep friction low and to avoid people voting in the wrong state on purpose there's no way to select your location. In a future iteration I want to relax this b…

Hi HN! I made a live presidential polling website with real-time electoral results. Votes can be changed at any time until the poll closes. Only visitors from the USA can participa…

Needs more participants. :) If there were thousands of votes I expect the percentages would align with traditional polling, although if they didn't that would be super interesting.…

Hi HN! I made a presidential polling website with real-time electoral results. It requires semi-live participation and votes can be changed at any time. Only visitors from the USA …