Streaming the Web (it's not what you think)
summary
Argues that streaming patterns make complex web apps simpler by showing concrete adapters and working examples: a WebRTC data channel becomes usable after a small streaming adapter, scuttlebutt runs peer‑to‑peer sync over it, and a LevelDB adapter feeds changes to the browser via server‑sent events. Demonstrates the difference between push and pull (paper‑plane demo) and explains backpressure. Points out tool tradeoffs: pull streams is ~18KB and lightweight, browserify adds ~100KB when including Node streams, and shows runnable code piping DB → map/filter → SSE.
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