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by eat_veggies 1722 days ago
This is a pretty generic and non descriptive title but they're launching a WebRTC TURN service and some higher level libraries for using WebRTC.

Having to run your own TURN server is a notorious barrier for building serious p2p apps so I really welcome this development!

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> and some higher level libraries for using WebRTC

Not libraries - we’re building APIs that allow you to create rooms/channels, connect participants, manage authn/authz, ingest via non-WebRTC protocols (and still broadcast to participants), and trigger serverless code based on events in those channels.

Those clients will still connect over WebRTC using any browser, native client, or client abstractions you build - one of the best things about WebRTC are its browser APIs and existing set of clients.

In the meantime, we’re launching a “managed TURN” service for teams who already have WebRTC infrastructure but who need help scaling and securing.

(I work at Cloudflare and co-authored the blog)