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		gavmor on Oct 13, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Show me your half baked project A blank screen, or a "loading skeleton"? The app is peer-to-peer, so if none of the recent visitors have hit refresh to become the host the data will no longer be accessible. Terrible UX for you, but forever $0 hosting costs for me.

tambourine_man on Oct 14, 2023 | [–]

"loading skeleton" in Safari, working site in Chrome, all else equal.

gavmor on Oct 16, 2023 | | [–]

Ah, I appreciate that you checked a second browser!

shawndrost on Oct 13, 2023 | [–]

Sorry. Wat

gavmor on Oct 20, 2023 | [–]

I was mistaken, actually. Our p2p framework is resilient enough to reassign the "host" client without refreshing the page.

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