[–] jsprogrammer [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Well, I have not made any final decisions. There is a lot of interesting things going on at all levels it seems.
My prototyping has been ES6/7/8/2015/2016 on the front-end with a Angular1 base project I have. [I have some issues with react and Angular2, but I have also been looking at and playing with other alternatives (cycle.js, riot, and many others that I can't remember off the top of my head)]. For styling LESS, and in HTML I try to write custom, semantic tags.
For databases, I am partial to PostgreSQL...and I think it could work at some scale. I have also experimented with some of my own designs for a log-based (with full records) mutable store. I am leaning towards "proven and simple", so I am leaning towards Postgre, but it's possible that something else would be better suited at some point.
On the back-end, it's looking like CoreOS with either Kubernetes or my own scheduler (not built yet). I have a WebRTC signalling solution written in ES2015 [so I can run it on the server and on the client :)], so Node will probably come into play at some point. nginx has been my favorite for HTTPS and asset serving. I've also considered places for C++ or possibly Haskell, but I have not employed them in any of this work so far.
[–] voice_of_reason 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
WOWOWOWOW this is complete and utter overkill, overengineering and/or overthinking.
You don't need 99% of what is in your comment if you host on literally any static content host (think CDN). Manage your content as literally any data structure that is human readable on disk. Maybe a directory per person and within that a text file providing the video's description and embed URLs. Write some simple javascript to navigate this. Store all this in a git repo. When code is pushed to the repo use a webhook to trigger the code's deployment on the CDN. Look, your followers can even submit videos using pull requests too.
Pay me a couple thousand and I'll build you this in a weekend.
[–] jsprogrammer [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I was thinking more about this last night and I think you are right.
I'm aiming to get a function demo site live by this evening, running just on CloudFlare and Github pages :)
[–] jsprogrammer [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I could build this solution too. I think it could work for a very minimal version (I already run some projects in a similar manner), however, if you want to do anything with WebRTC, there are additional services that must be ran. Also, if you want multiple people to be able to edit the database (which I think is necessary), the approach won't scale that well.
[–] WhiteRonin 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
You need to watch that Kevin Coatner movie Field of Dreams.
You've got lots of got repos but most are abandoned...
Just sling something to get get that will collect text speaches and go from there.
You are way over thinking your platform.
I'm not a js guy so can't comment but if Postgres vs Maria is an issue ... Why haven't you considered mango? Or some other nosql db? Heck, a flat file would work just as well to be honest.
For giggles check out Adonis framework it's inspired by php laravel.
Shit, anything on node will be fine but I dont see why you need your pages update in real time. If you did you'd already be making cash and everything is a none issue.
[–] jsprogrammer [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
I can only work on one thing at any given moment. Almost all of my repos are prototypes or experiments. Some are complete and actively used, others may be dead ends.
Edit: Most of the repos are not abandoned. Almost all projects I either want to return to, or mine code from for other projects. The problem is that I can really only work on one project in any particular slice of time. The database isn't really an issue, I have considered all of those and I think you are right, it doesn't really matter. What matters is picking the project that will have the best impact, as I must necessarily trade off working on other projects (many of which I believe are critically important).
[–] dingomeat 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
did you go to school for this?
[–] jsprogrammer [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
Not specifically for building political databases [:)], but I do have a Bachelor of Science degree in Information and Computer Science with specializations in Computer Systems & Networks and Distibuted Systems from the University of California, Irvine. After graduating in 2007 I began writing software and designing systems commercially.