Nathan Flurry

In this discussion, Nathan Flurry, co-founder of Rivet and a veteran in multiplayer gaming and developer tools, elaborates on Rivet's transformation from a gaming-focused platform to a general-purpose solution for stateful serverless applications. He explains their innovative actor model and how it supports real-time connections and long-running tasks. Nathan also covers Rivet's compatibility with existing infrastructures, its unique observability tools like Rivet Inspector, and ambitions for the future where actors become the standard for stateful computing.