20200430 - meeting

[martinheidegger]

Just an hour hanging out and talking about DAT stuff.

👉 Post a comment in this github issue with any topics you'd like to cover this week

⏰ Time: 30 Apr 2020, 17:00 Asia/Tokyo

🔗 https://zoom.us/j/181036238 (Native)
🔗 https://zoom.us/wc/join/181036238?pwd= (Web)

Timezone	Date/Time
Sydney	2 Apr, 6 PM
Tokyo	2 Apr, 5 PM
Berlin	2 Apr, 10 AM
Buenos Aires	2 Apr, 5 AM
New York	2 Apr, 4 AM
Los Angeles	2 Apr, 1 AM

Or in your local time: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Dat+Comm-Comm+Meeting+2020-04-30&iso=20200416T17&p1=671&ah=1

[chrmod]

Would like to discuss React Native situation in more details.
Together with @sammacbeth we have prepared a POC of DAT working in ReactNative:
https://github.com/cliqz/dat-react-native
Filesystem, crypto and network work correctly and we are able to load DAT resources on both Android and iOS.

@RangerMauve have risen performance problems with React Native architecture cliqz/dat-react-native#3 (comment) and suggests to use nodejs-mobile or something similar.

IMO work on React Native is still relevant as:

• React Native TurboModules are going to remove the bridge (expensive serialization) so performance problems should go away
• nodejs-mobile runs on Chakra without JIT which may also have significant performance issues
• for React Native users adding another runtime just to support DAT may be too high cost

[snvfk1n]

@chrmod this is exciting work! i won't be able to join the call, though... could people on the call highlight the discussion on the meeting notes? i'd highly appreciate that 🥇 and maybe do a follow-up on next calls.