The gang discusses WebRTC with Sean DuBois, creator of the Pion project and author of a pure Go WebRTC implementation. What exactly is WebRTC? Why is it so popular for video chatting? How does it work under the hood, and how does it compare with other real-time communication options?

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Featuring:

Sean DuBois – GitHub, LinkedIn, X
Mat Ryer – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
Jaana Dogan – Website, GitHub, X
Jon Calhoun – Website, GitHub, X

Show Notes:

WebRTC
Pion on Github
Discuss Pion in the Gophers Slack
NAT traversal

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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