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by zaksingh 1723 days ago
So from what I can tell this is conceptually similar to the LiveView model, except that the problem is approached from the perspective of the SPA/client stack instead of the SSR stack. It’s a refreshing idea that I’ve never seen executed like this before.

However I think it’s missing the point of de-coupling. Security would be very hard to reason about, as would handling of intermittent network connections when the real structure of the client and server are abstracted away from you.

Ultimately I think GraphQL with live queries is the best model for this type of reactive work. You get a decoupled client/server, reactivity, support for mobile clients as you have an API, as well as full type-safety on the client.

Nonetheless I applaud the creativity on display here and I hope I’m proven wrong. Maybe this will be the next paradigm shift? Who knows

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Mr first thought reading the article was security. After a quick ctrl-f, it was a little disconcerting to find that the only mention of security is in a tacked-on bullet list under the heading "risks"...
why is this any different from any other web api security concerns?
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