Show HN: An open-source r/place canvas for realtime painting
almost-reddit-place.vercel.app
Show HN: An open-source r/place canvas for realtime painting
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Re: Show HN: An open-source r/place canvas for realtime painting
#2TL;DR https://almost-reddit-place.vercel.app/
I cloned the Reddit minigame that was available this year's April Fools' Day on the r/place subreddit. Anyone all around the globe can join the journey of painting a canvas with millions of pixels. The main difference, I made it open sourced! Host your own canvas and share it privately only with your community or just share it with everyone!
I built all of this in around 4 hours and the best part, I spent more time on the front end than on the backend. The biggest challenge I expected was how to synchronize 4 million pixels between hundreds of users. Appwrite Realtime server managed everything for me and results show up to 1 million users could use the app at the same time!
Feel free to play around! And no phalluses please
Tech Stack - Alpine.js - Tailwind - Appwrite ( Realtime Database + Authentication + Cloud Functions )
If you'd like to check out the code, its here https://github.com/Meldiron/almost-reddit-place
Re: Show HN: An open-source r/place canvas for realtime painting
#3Looks really cool!
4 hours! Wow great job
Re: Show HN: An open-source r/place canvas for realtime painting
#4I like it!
Re: Show HN: An open-source r/place canvas for realtime painting
#5This is cool!
Re: Show HN: An open-source r/place canvas for realtime painting
#6Looking at the repo, I see this:
Before using this application, make sure you have
Appwrite server up and running
Since Appwrite probably did not write all the components (Like a database) themselfes, wouldn't the first thing one wants to know what components make Appwrite? I can not see that info anywhere on the website.
Re: Show HN: An open-source r/place canvas for realtime painting
#7Looking at the repo, I see this: Before using this application, make sure you have Appwrite server up and running Then I looked ad Appwrites website for a while. Since Appwrite probably did not write all the components (Like a database) themselfes, wouldn't the first thing one wants to know what components make Appwrite? I can not see that info anywhere on the website.
The project uses Appwrite as a backend. Appwrite solved problems like database or real-time. After you have the Appwrite backend ready, you can use CLI commands from README to prepare a project for this specific repo (project).
Regarding the question about components, not sure if I understand. I found out all about Appwrite and its services from documentation on appwrite.io
Re: Show HN: An open-source r/place canvas for realtime painting
#8Looking at the repo, I see this: Before using this application, make sure you have Appwrite server up and running Then I looked ad Appwrites website for a while. Since Appwrite probably did not write all the components (Like a database) themselfes, wouldn't the first thing one wants to know what components make Appwrite? I can not see that info anywhere on the website.
The project uses Appwrite as a backend. Appwrite solved problems like database or real-time. After you have the Appwrite backend ready, you can use CLI commands from README to prepare a project for this specific repo (project). Regarding the question about components, not sure if I understand. I found out all about Appwrite and its services from documentation on appwrite.io
Components: For example, which database is Appwrite using?
Re: Show HN: An open-source r/place canvas for realtime painting
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
The project uses Appwrite as a backend. Appwrite solved problems like database or real-time. After you have the Appwrite backend ready, you can use CLI commands from README to prepare a project for this specific repo (project). Regarding the question about components, not sure if I understand. I found out all about Appwrite and its services from documentation on appwrite.io
Components: For example, which database is Appwrite using?
Under the hood? I believe MariaDB, but thankfully, I never had to write a single SQL query. I used Appwrite SDK to do operations like db.getDocument, db.listDocuments, db.createDocument...
Re: Show HN: An open-source r/place canvas for realtime painting
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Components: For example, which database is Appwrite using?
Under the hood? I believe MariaDB, but thankfully, I never had to write a single SQL query. I used Appwrite SDK to do operations like db.getDocument, db.listDocuments, db.createDocument...
If you don't care for which components Appwrite uses, that means you bet on Appwrite being around forever?
Most technologies come and go. So when Appwrite goes away, your applications will fall apart?