alt Hacker NewsWhat I've Learned (So Far) Building Online Mini Games with Elixir and Swift
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was expecting a bit more substance but always interesting to read different approaches.
but I do wonder if BEAM is a bit of an overkill, even fly.io (known among developer threads to be very unreliable uptime) wouldn't be my first pick.
Cloudflare Durable Objects really is generous, not often can you get replicated database and realtime sync for such low barrier in cost and implementation.
I do wonder tho what Cloudflare's ultimate game is, as I'd imagine once they corner the market and practically everything is running off it, wouldn't be hard to say raise the $5/month to something higher.
A question for OP: why did you choose Crunchy Data for your database, instead of Fly's own managed postgres offering? Because the latency between Fly and Crunchy Data must be quite high, given that they are probably not in the same datacenter.
I should've said more about the tech. I will later. The server is in NJ. If you're in the EU the game might really lag. Sorry!
Really interested in hearing more about the architecture. Especially (1) why you chose Elixir, Phoenix over TS (2) how you dealt with real-time multiplayer.
Aside: The links to the web game in the post don't lead to being able to play.
In my own projects I've found the feedback loop to be much slower in native mobile apps compared to web. For web apps my workflow has involved lots of human verification just through using the app myself and testing out the latest features/fixes. Sometimes I get the agent itself to do this before I do using Codex's chrome extension. This same process on mobile is a lot slower. How have you approached this aspect? Have you figured out a way to get the agent to control an emulator?
> Also, I would encourage others to target Mac in addition to iOS for a reason you might not expect: build times. The simulators and Xcode are really pretty slow. It’s all a lot faster if you’re targeting Mac.
Yes, this makes my day: (also) target macOS for continuous rapid loops on one project, or target iOS and end up flitting back and forth between many projects. ("mac (made for iPad)" does not work.)