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Oct 12, 2023 Sunil Pai, founder and CEO of PartyKit, joins the show to talk about PartyKit, an open-source tool for creating collaborative, multiplayer applications. They discuss the evolution of real-time technology, the features and benefits of PartyKit, and the landscape of collaborative tools. They also explore building on cloud infrastructure for scalability and the structure and roles of the founder team. A fun and informative episode!
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PartyKit Origin Story
- Sunil Pai developed PartyKit after leaving Cloudflare, inspired by TLDraw's multiplayer needs.
- They built a multiplayer prototype quickly and scaled it efficiently with a small team.
Core Multiplayer Tech Insights
- Multiplayer collaboration requires ordered message delivery and fast infrastructure to ensure consistent user experience.
- Centralizing state in one process simplifies programming and synchronization challenges.
Cloudflare Durable Objects Role
- Cloudflare Durable Objects host stateful processes near users and guarantee persistent connections per ID.
- This enables simpler real-time collaboration apps by centralizing state and broadcast logic.