Hey everyone, I’m the dev. I’ve got a couple of points I’m looking for feedback on.
Is the system being conveyed clearly? I.e. are you able to understand the functionality on offer? It’s a complicated stack, but also very simple once understood. If not, what are you confused about?
What sort of DWAs would you be interested in using? At the moment there is a mostly functional text messaging app that will be stable in the coming days. I’ll be adding file transfers and video/audio calls there soon as well. I’m thinking about doing a private social network next, or maybe a streaming service that requires no infrastructure. Let me know if you have any input or requests!
I’d be more convinced if your documentation sounded less full of hype and had more concrete information about architecture in it. And you promising to do P2P file sharing this week, video and audio calls next week and then a social network and infrastructure-free video/audio streaming, all on your own (the week after?), suggests that you’re either an unusually productive individual or a bit inexperienced and unrealistic. We’ll have a better idea when we can see the core code.
That said, it’s a nice idea and could be genuinely useful. I look forward to seeing more of it.
Hey, thanks for the kind words. You will be seeing a lot more of it over the next month, it’s going to get pretty exciting, I think!
I’m not sure if you’ve seen the specific project repos yet or not, but they strike a more serious tone than the main project repo or project website. If you haven’t seen these, they may have a bit more of what you’re looking for:
Here’s a diagram of the most basic Web420 network too:
I’m afraid you will be disappointed when you see the DeCent-Core source code, there’s nothing fancy there! It’s a simple HTTP/WSS server (Ktor/Netty) that implements the DCNT protocol, and provides a UI for managing server profiles, and installed apps. The installed apps are straight downloaded and extracted ZIP archives stored on disk - super simple. The DCNT server’s role is very small, it’s just there to connect browsers/DWAs by signaling WebRTC connections, that’s it. Once the WebRTC connection is established the DWA can disconnect from the DCNT server until it needs to signal again. If you get the gist of the DCNT protocol overview, you basically already understand the server. I know you all are waiting to see that anyway though, I’ll get it out as quickly as I can.
I’m not going to start working on the social network or streaming service until after DeCent-Core is released. Those are just ideas I’m bouncing around too, the next DWA project from me might end up being something completely different. Getting DeCent Messenger fully-featured and finishing up the DeCent-Core refactor to drop the code are my only priorities at the moment.
Sorry for my earlier skepticism. I can see you’re serious about this and it looks promising, and I appreciate your reassurances about not being overambitious!
Hey everyone, I’m the dev. I’ve got a couple of points I’m looking for feedback on.
Is the system being conveyed clearly? I.e. are you able to understand the functionality on offer? It’s a complicated stack, but also very simple once understood. If not, what are you confused about?
What sort of DWAs would you be interested in using? At the moment there is a mostly functional text messaging app that will be stable in the coming days. I’ll be adding file transfers and video/audio calls there soon as well. I’m thinking about doing a private social network next, or maybe a streaming service that requires no infrastructure. Let me know if you have any input or requests!
I’d be more convinced if your documentation sounded less full of hype and had more concrete information about architecture in it. And you promising to do P2P file sharing this week, video and audio calls next week and then a social network and infrastructure-free video/audio streaming, all on your own (the week after?), suggests that you’re either an unusually productive individual or a bit inexperienced and unrealistic. We’ll have a better idea when we can see the core code.
That said, it’s a nice idea and could be genuinely useful. I look forward to seeing more of it.
Hey, thanks for the kind words. You will be seeing a lot more of it over the next month, it’s going to get pretty exciting, I think!
I’m not sure if you’ve seen the specific project repos yet or not, but they strike a more serious tone than the main project repo or project website. If you haven’t seen these, they may have a bit more of what you’re looking for:
Here is a WIP of the DCNT protocol overview: https://github.com/futurehood/DCNT
Here is the DeCent-Core repo, you may be interested in looking through the User Guide if you haven’t already: https://github.com/futurehood/DeCent-Core
Here’s a diagram of the most basic Web420 network too:
I’m afraid you will be disappointed when you see the DeCent-Core source code, there’s nothing fancy there! It’s a simple HTTP/WSS server (Ktor/Netty) that implements the DCNT protocol, and provides a UI for managing server profiles, and installed apps. The installed apps are straight downloaded and extracted ZIP archives stored on disk - super simple. The DCNT server’s role is very small, it’s just there to connect browsers/DWAs by signaling WebRTC connections, that’s it. Once the WebRTC connection is established the DWA can disconnect from the DCNT server until it needs to signal again. If you get the gist of the DCNT protocol overview, you basically already understand the server. I know you all are waiting to see that anyway though, I’ll get it out as quickly as I can.
I’m not going to start working on the social network or streaming service until after DeCent-Core is released. Those are just ideas I’m bouncing around too, the next DWA project from me might end up being something completely different. Getting DeCent Messenger fully-featured and finishing up the DeCent-Core refactor to drop the code are my only priorities at the moment.
Sorry for my earlier skepticism. I can see you’re serious about this and it looks promising, and I appreciate your reassurances about not being overambitious!