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Alex Gleason 2y ago

Thoughts on this thing? Anybody ever use it? https://gun.eco/docs/FAQ#is-gun-a-distributed-database

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τέχνη 2y ago

I have used GunDB a lot in the past. It’s awesome and I miss it. The graph database aspect in particular was genius. It just wasn’t very stable. nostr:npub1g53mukxnjkcmr94fhryzkqutdz2ukq4ks0gvy5af25rgmwsl4ngq43drvk started a rust port of it, but then switched to Nostr.

Here is a good tutorial https://youtu.be/68svY76thiQ

And part 2 covers namespaces and encryption https://youtu.be/FauETOkRtEk

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/dev/null 2y ago

I really like gunDB, but have some trouble with bugs I think... But no progress on updates / fixes :(

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τέχνη 2y ago

You shouldn’t get bugs for the basic, small use cases like in the tutorial. In any case, it’s worth trying if only to see what is possible. Take ideas, etc

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hodlbod 2y ago

Iris used to be built on it. I fiddled with it some, it was sort of flaky. The guy who wrote it is interesting.

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Sirius 2y ago

It's based on public keys and relays like Nostr, but data is organized by paths, not event kinds. Gun.js comes with a client-side database that persists in IndexedDB. I think those features should be built on Nostr.