RxDB – a real-time database on top of PouchDB

Re:RxDB – a real-time database on top of PouchDB by b1ackb0x on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @10:40AM (#24342250)

But is it really "realtime"? I thought something should have consistent millisecond or even microsecond latencies to be called realtime, but it's probably not possible for JavaScript application.

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Re:RxDB – a real-time database on top of PouchDB by typingmonkey on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @10:42AM (#24342288)

Yes and no. Read "realtime" not like "realtime computing" but like a marketing keyword introduced by firebase which means something like live-replication. https://firebase.google.com/docs/database?hl=en

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Re:RxDB – a real-time database on top of PouchDB by joshribakoff on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @11:00AM (#24342489)

If you wanted to be pedantic, nothing is real-time not even what you see with your eyes due to photon latency. The word is clearly being used colloquially

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Re:RxDB – a real-time database on top of PouchDB by b1ackb0x on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @12:13PM (#24343382)

It is used clearly in a misleading way since this database is nowhere about latencies and time at all.

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Re:RxDB – a real-time database on top of PouchDB by SirSavary on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @05:50PM (#24347530)

I know few people that use "realtime" to mean it in the "realtime OS" sense. It's usually used in layman's terms to mean "happening live".

RxDB isn't being misleading, it's another valid usage of the term.

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