Ask HN: Is their any large scale, real life Node.js app?

36 pointstechvibe14y ago39 comments

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Sorry for the spelling mistake. I meant there and not their. This can happen, when English is your third language (grown up in Afghanistan, living in Germany) and you don't use English every day.

Why it is not possible to edit this post/question?

Thanks also for your replies.

streeter14y ago

Learnboost (http://learnboost.com/) is using Node.js and is an active contributor to node projects on Github (https://github.com/learnboost).

EwanToo14y ago· 2 in thread

Plurk's comet functionality is the main one people point to

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1088699

Joyent also maintain a list on Github of companies using it

https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Projects,-Applications,-...

pewpew14y ago

plurk switched back to java http://amix.dk/blog/post/19577

Khao14y ago

Plurk used Node for 8 months in production environment and they seemed overall pleased with the project. They also did their project on Node 0.1.33 and we are now at v. 0.4.8 so I'm sure while this post serves as a fair warning that it might not be perfect for any project, Node is still very good.

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robinwarren14y ago· 2 in thread

I don't know if it's deployed yet but Jason Roberts of techzing (Great Podcast btw, here: http://techzinglive.com/ ) has been talking about a node.js rewrite of the backend for car hire service Uber (http://www.uber.com/)

Would that that count?

rkalla14y ago

(ASIDE) Really appreciate the heads up on techzing -- been looking for a podcast to add to Java Posse and Mixergy for over a year and never been happy with Podcast discovery in iTunes. Just added TechZ and can't stop hitting "GET" reading through all the past episodes.

robinwarren14y ago

no problem, they're great and deserve the publicity. I'm a possee fan too. A couple other podcasts I rate highly are:

drunk and retired (sadly too infrequent nowadays http://drunkandretired.com/thepodcast/)

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (originally heard of this via Joe from the posse I think http://ecorner.stanford.edu/podcasts.html)

thirtysixred14y ago

Etsy is using node.js for aggregating stats: https://github.com/etsy/statsd

matan_a14y ago

I know that Voxer (http://www.voxer.com) uses it and are happy with it:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/01/the_rise_and_rise_of...

pkulak14y ago

Showyou has to pull in about half a million videos a day from various social networks and that's done with Node. It makes a good web Crawler.

grep14y ago

http://bouncely.com uses Node.js for processing Amazon SES bounce emails.

tlb14y ago

Anybots uses it to control all its robots.

pokoleo14y ago· 4 in thread

I heard somewhere that Facebook uses Node for recording stats. (Can't dig up the story though :S)

DrJ14y ago

http://www.readwriteweb.com/cloud/2011/05/nodejs-at-facebook...

I remember there was HN item about this when it came out, but tl;dr of the article that I got was, some people want to use Node.js but performance + stability is what FaceBook wants, and something that isn't prevalent in Node (yet?)

I wait for the day when NodeJS breaks backward compatability

crcastle14y ago

node.js breaks backward compatibility every time it increments the x in its 0.x.y version number.

crcastle14y ago

gilt.com uses (or used) node.js for real-time web analytics. Hummingbird was the first project that got me really excited about node.js.

http://projects.nuttnet.net/hummingbird/

peterhunt14y ago

lies

smoove14y ago

http://transloadit.com/ uses node.js

dumbphone14y ago· 1 in thread

Anyone know which framework the sites mentioned by the commenters use? Geddy? Express?

techwraith14y ago

Express has a much bigger following and is still being maintained. Storify and Learnboost both use it.

frr14914y ago· 1 in thread

Since we're at it, is there any good book on node.js?

focusaurus14y ago

This links to an in-progress book and many online tutorials.

http://www.readwriteweb.com/hack/2011/04/6-free-e-books-on-n...

nphase14y ago

Node is in production at SimpleGeo, IIRC.

serichsen14y ago

"Their"? Whose?

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dterra14y ago

www.streamerapp.com is a large scale, real life node.js app now on Private beta.

dannyr14y ago

Storify.com

rcavezza14y ago

proxlet.com - it handles millions of twitter requests each day.

iancanderson14y ago· 1 in thread

Ask HN: What are the correct usages of their, there, and they're?

rkalla14y ago

(OT, but trying to be helpful for non-native speakers)

their - possessive/ownership. "Their dog bit me!" "Their car is a mess!"

there - place/position. "Put the toys over there."

they're - contraction of "they are". "They are my best friends!" == "They're my best friends!"

ignifero14y ago· 4 in thread

I have another question: Is there something that we can only do with Node.js?

Raphael14y ago

It would be foolhardy to answer your question, as someone would inevitably respond with another language that can do it.

I will say that NodeJS has inspired me to get off my ass and code a basic CRUD site, which could get me started and lead to more interesting features. Sure, could have used Python or anything else, but this is how it's going for now. I choose to drink this particular Kool-Aid for now.

paisible14y ago

Making server-side JS obvious & popular - that's something only Node.js was seemingly able to do :p

DrJ14y ago

is there anything only one language can do? I believe both answers is a no. I think we should be asking 'is there something that is best done with node'

dumbphone14y ago

So what's done best with Node?

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35 comments · 20 top-level

techvibeOP14y ago

Sorry for the spelling mistake. I meant there and not their. This can happen, when English is your third language (grown up in Afghanistan, living in Germany) and you don't use English every day.

Why it is not possible to edit this post/question?

Thanks also for your replies.

streeter14y ago

Learnboost (http://learnboost.com/) is using Node.js and is an active contributor to node projects on Github (https://github.com/learnboost).

EwanToo14y ago· 2 in thread

Plurk's comet functionality is the main one people point to

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1088699

Joyent also maintain a list on Github of companies using it

https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Projects,-Applications,-...

pewpew14y ago

plurk switched back to java http://amix.dk/blog/post/19577

Khao14y ago

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robinwarren14y ago· 2 in thread

Would that that count?

rkalla14y ago

robinwarren14y ago

no problem, they're great and deserve the publicity. I'm a possee fan too. A couple other podcasts I rate highly are:

drunk and retired (sadly too infrequent nowadays http://drunkandretired.com/thepodcast/)

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (originally heard of this via Joe from the posse I think http://ecorner.stanford.edu/podcasts.html)

thirtysixred14y ago

Etsy is using node.js for aggregating stats: https://github.com/etsy/statsd

matan_a14y ago

I know that Voxer (http://www.voxer.com) uses it and are happy with it:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/01/the_rise_and_rise_of...

pkulak14y ago

Showyou has to pull in about half a million videos a day from various social networks and that's done with Node. It makes a good web Crawler.

grep14y ago

http://bouncely.com uses Node.js for processing Amazon SES bounce emails.

tlb14y ago

Anybots uses it to control all its robots.

pokoleo14y ago· 4 in thread

I heard somewhere that Facebook uses Node for recording stats. (Can't dig up the story though :S)

DrJ14y ago

http://www.readwriteweb.com/cloud/2011/05/nodejs-at-facebook...

I wait for the day when NodeJS breaks backward compatability

crcastle14y ago

node.js breaks backward compatibility every time it increments the x in its 0.x.y version number.

crcastle14y ago

gilt.com uses (or used) node.js for real-time web analytics. Hummingbird was the first project that got me really excited about node.js.

http://projects.nuttnet.net/hummingbird/

peterhunt14y ago

lies

smoove14y ago

http://transloadit.com/ uses node.js

dumbphone14y ago· 1 in thread

Anyone know which framework the sites mentioned by the commenters use? Geddy? Express?

techwraith14y ago

Express has a much bigger following and is still being maintained. Storify and Learnboost both use it.

frr14914y ago· 1 in thread

Since we're at it, is there any good book on node.js?

focusaurus14y ago

This links to an in-progress book and many online tutorials.

http://www.readwriteweb.com/hack/2011/04/6-free-e-books-on-n...

nphase14y ago

Node is in production at SimpleGeo, IIRC.

serichsen14y ago

"Their"? Whose?

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dterra14y ago

www.streamerapp.com is a large scale, real life node.js app now on Private beta.

dannyr14y ago

Storify.com

rcavezza14y ago

proxlet.com - it handles millions of twitter requests each day.

iancanderson14y ago· 1 in thread

Ask HN: What are the correct usages of their, there, and they're?

rkalla14y ago

(OT, but trying to be helpful for non-native speakers)

their - possessive/ownership. "Their dog bit me!" "Their car is a mess!"

there - place/position. "Put the toys over there."

they're - contraction of "they are". "They are my best friends!" == "They're my best friends!"

ignifero14y ago· 4 in thread

I have another question: Is there something that we can only do with Node.js?

Raphael14y ago

It would be foolhardy to answer your question, as someone would inevitably respond with another language that can do it.

paisible14y ago

Making server-side JS obvious & popular - that's something only Node.js was seemingly able to do :p

DrJ14y ago

is there anything only one language can do? I believe both answers is a no. I think we should be asking 'is there something that is best done with node'

dumbphone14y ago

So what's done best with Node?

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