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We built a runtime
We built a runtime
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22 months ago …
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Let’s build
a CDN for devs!
https://fly.io
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Nginx & Lua
(crazy fast)
#1
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Terrible
programming
model
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Golang
(Super productive)
#2
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So many feature requests
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Go & Otto
#3
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JavaScript is slow
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https://ponyfoo.com/articles/an-introduction-to-speculative-optimization-in-v8
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But v8 is fast?!
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https://ponyfoo.com/articles/an-introduction-to-speculative-optimization-in-v8
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https://ponyfoo.com/articles/an-introduction-to-speculative-optimization-in-v8
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Go & v8
#3
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Go & v8: Just don’t
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Node & v8
(We did it!)
https://github.com/superfly/fly
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Node: a cheat code for v8
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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
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Building a JavaScript Runtime
console.log("hello world")
No console for you
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Building a JavaScript Runtime
let lib = require('anything')
Libraries, schmibraries
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Fork the CDN
https://fly.io
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But it’s still Node
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Rust & v8
(Hard mode)
https://github.com/superfly/fly.rs
#5
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Good enough to handle DNS
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We built a runtime
We built a runtime
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You can too
You can too
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