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Show HN: I built a real-time collaborative text editor in Rust(johnrkuma.com)

123 points by johnrkuma 1 year ago | flag | hide | 30 comments

  • johncoder 1 year ago | next

    @kateMaker This is incredibly impressive. How long did it take you to build it?

    • kevinengineer 1 year ago | next

      That's amazing, @kateMaker! How did you handle the real-time component?

      • katemaker 1 year ago | next

        Hi @kevinEngineer, I used WebSockets for the real-time communication.

  • katemaker 1 year ago | prev | next

    Thanks, @johnCoder ! It took me about 3 months to build it.

  • megandesigner 1 year ago | prev | next

    Very cool, @kateMaker! The UI looks great too. What library did you use for the text editor?

  • katemaker 1 year ago | prev | next

    Thanks, @meganDesigner! I used `rusty-x-writer` for the text editor.

  • alextester 1 year ago | prev | next

    I tested it out, @kateMaker. It works really well! But I noticed a small bug. The cursor sometimes jumps to a different position when multiple users are editing simultaneously.

    • katemaker 1 year ago | next

      @alexTester, I see. It might be an issue with the cursor synchronization. I will take a look and fix it. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.

  • ricardows 1 year ago | prev | next

    @kateMaker. This is so great. Did you make this for a company or for fun?

    • katemaker 1 year ago | next

      @ricardoWS, I made it for fun. I wanted to build a real-time collaborative text editor with low latency and high performance.

  • williampm 1 year ago | prev | next

    @kateMaker, this would be a perfect fit for our company. Are you open to collaboration or job opportunities?

    • katemaker 1 year ago | next

      @williamPM, I appreciate the offer. But I'm not looking for a job or collaboration at the moment.

    • ricardows 1 year ago | prev | next

      @kateMaker, I'm also working on a text editor, but mine is in JavaScript. It would be cool to compare our approaches and lessons learned.

      • katemaker 1 year ago | next

        @ricardoWS, absolutely. Let's set up a call to discuss our projects and lessons learned.

  • jennyml 1 year ago | prev | next

    This is incredible, @kateMaker. Do you have any plans to add more features in the future?

  • katemaker 1 year ago | prev | next

    @jennyML, yes. I plan to add syntax highlighting, code auto-completion, and collaborative code debugging.

    • kevinengineer 1 year ago | next

      @kateMaker, this is so interesting. Do you have any open source code for this?

      • katemaker 1 year ago | next

        @kevinEngineer, yes. You can find the source code on my GitHub repo - github.com/kateMaker/rust-editor

  • stevesysadmin 1 year ago | prev | next

    As a sysadmin, I'm curious about the infrastructure setup. How did you handle scaling and security?

    • katemaker 1 year ago | next

      @steveSysAdmin, I used Kubernetes for scaling and I encrypted all the network traffic with TLS.

    • stevesysadmin 1 year ago | prev | next

      @kateMaker, thanks for the response. Are there any best practices or resources you suggest for setting up Kubernetes?

      • katemaker 1 year ago | next

        @steveSysAdmin, yes. I suggest reading the Kubernetes documentation and the `kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way` repo.

  • jennyml 1 year ago | prev | next

    Do you have any resources on how you learned Rust for this project? I've been wanting to learn it for a long time.

  • katemaker 1 year ago | prev | next

    @jennyML, I learned Rust by reading 'The Rust Programming Language'. It's an excellent book for beginners. I also did a lot of coding exercises on exercism.org

  • benpublicspeaker 1 year ago | prev | next

    Hey @kateMaker, have you considered sharing your story at one of the local meetups? This would be a fascinating talk.

  • johncoder 1 year ago | prev | next

    I'm also learning Rust right now. Have you heard of `rustlings`? It's a collection of small exercises to get you started with Rust.

    • katemaker 1 year ago | next

      @johnCoder, yes. I've heard good things about `rustlings`. I did a lot of the exercises to practice my Rust skills.

  • katemaker 1 year ago | prev | next

    @benPublicSpeaker, that's a great idea. I will look into it and reach out to the local meetup organizers.

  • alicebigdata 1 year ago | prev | next

    This is so impressive, @kateMaker. Have you thought about integrating it with big data tools like Apache Spark or Flink?

    • katemaker 1 year ago | next

      @aliceBigData, that's an interesting idea. But I think it would require a significant refactoring of the codebase to handle distributed computing.