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We’ve been building on top of our browser-unikernel repo [0] and wanted to replace the noVNC remote GUI with something much faster. NoVNC is okay but it’s super laggy with any JS-heavy website (basically anything besides Hacker News…). We added remote GUI support using WebRTC, which supports:
- low latency read/write live view into the sandboxed browser (scrolling, clicking, typing feel way more responsive)
- can launch directly as a Docker container or on Unikraft unikernels
- process real-time streams with a fast boot up time (<20ms) if you’re using unikernels
WebRTC is powerful (supports all types of media and data transmission) but not trivial to implement. We adapted the Neko [1] library to play nicely with our base Chromium image. We also tailored the frontend to our use case.
Would love any thoughts/feedback from folks who’ve worked on streaming projects before.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43705144
[1] Adapted from: https://github.com/m1k1o/neko
* Note: we've started working on adding video replays, so there's some source code for that already in our repo too.
In particular, I imagine that the way seed-funded companies handle money is different than how a Series A company thinks about and handles their money. I also imagine there to be differences depending on the nature of the company, e.g., whether or not the company is making revenue, is hardware vs. software, etc.
Are there patterns about how start-ups think about their money, especially across stages and types of company?