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IndexedDB is slow as hell. Chrome implemented IndexedDB on top of LevelDB and Firefox on top of SQLite. Almost all fast-enough web clients cache events in JS memory instead of query from IndexedDB on every read.

This is also why I intentionally do not implement storage layer for nostr.ts.

Browser is not designed for local-first, client driven applications.

If you implement NostrDB on top of IndexedDB, you effectively implemented it on top of SQLite/LevelDB which is exactly what you planned to avoid at the first place.
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Water Blower 2y ago 💬 1

I am exploring Tauri, it's like a better Electron. The native process is Rust instead of NodeJS. Maybe we can have 80% of the features in Browser and the user can choose to download a native app for the rest 20%. But this approach basically says goodbye to PWA mobile.

Mobile is just too different. An attempt to cross-platform mobile is very hard.

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JeffG 2y ago

Yeah. Tauri looks awesome. Haven’t had time to really dig into the weeds there though.