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Re:Cloudflare acquires PartyKit to allow developers to build... by jaflo on Friday April 05, 2024 @11:27AM (#39943587)
When I took a look at using DO last time I decided against using them because you had to pay for the duration your clients are connected to them when using WebSockets. As far as I understood it’s not execution duration but flat out how long your clients are connected. You’ll burn through seconds quickly that way. I decided to go with a polling mechanism instead.
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Re:Cloudflare acquires PartyKit to allow developers to build... by ec109685 on Friday April 05, 2024 @11:35AM (#39943697)
They have hibernating durable objects now that don’t charge unless there is a request through them: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/api/websoc...
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Re:Cloudflare acquires PartyKit to allow developers to build... by jaflo on Friday April 05, 2024 @12:06PM (#39944077)
Oh that’s neat! I’m not sure if it didn’t exist or if I didn’t find this last time. Looks like this would address the problem.
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