We built a runtime

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1. We built a runtime We built a runtime
4. 22 months ago …
5. Let’s build a CDN for devs! https://fly.io
6. Nginx & Lua (crazy fast) #1
7. Terrible programming model
8. Golang (Super productive) #2
9. So many feature requests
10. Go & Otto #3
11. JavaScript is slow
12. https://ponyfoo.com/articles/an-introduction-to-speculative-optimization-in-v8
13. But v8 is fast?!
14. https://ponyfoo.com/articles/an-introduction-to-speculative-optimization-in-v8
15. https://ponyfoo.com/articles/an-introduction-to-speculative-optimization-in-v8
16. Go & v8 #3
17. Go & v8: Just don’t
18. Node & v8 (We did it!) https://github.com/superfly/fly #4
19. Node: a cheat code for v8
20. Building a JavaScript Runtime // browsers implement a `fetch` method // for making HTTP requests fetch("https://fly.io").then(function (r) { console.log("got response:", { status: r.status, size: r.body.length }) }) Batteries not included
22. Building a JavaScript Runtime console.log("hello world") No console for you
23. Building a JavaScript Runtime let lib = require('anything') Libraries, schmibraries
24. Fork the CDN https://fly.io
26. But it’s still Node
27. Rust & v8 (Hard mode) https://github.com/superfly/fly.rs #5
28. Good enough to handle DNS
29. We built a runtime We built a runtime
30. You can too You can too