10 engineers on Hacker News describe using WebRTC first-hand: 2 endorse it, 3 regret it, 1 are mixed.
“We switched from a custom WebRTC because error handling becomes too complex with browser permissions and connection.”
regret · production · d0100 · 2021-01-28 · source ↗ · wrong label?“This is from my experience deploying Flash / WebRTC stack video tools in Fortune 500/2000 type orgs in last 8-9 years.”
endorse · production · 8 yr · manquer · 2020-06-20 · source ↗ · wrong label?“my guess is these crashes were from WebRTC, which isn't very performant in browsers yet. Especially with more than a handful of WebRTC connections, we've seen it crash regularly.”
regret · production · lgierth · 2018-04-08 · source ↗ · wrong label?“WebRTC is great in theory, terrible in practice (doesn't work very well)”
regret · production · marknadal · 2017-12-18 · source ↗ · wrong label?“Generally they work great! However the main problem we have is switching tab suspends the game, which if you're acting as the host, freezes the game”
mixed · production · 2 yr · AshleysBrain · 2016-12-27 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I wanted to provide pre-configured server examples of my WebRTC project”
neutral · personal · j1elo · 2025-12-02 · source ↗ · wrong label?“This multiplayer system supports websocket, webRTC and enet as a transport layer.”
neutral · production · nightowl_games · 2024-05-15 · source ↗ · wrong label?“WebRTC infrastructure is largely commoditized, and we're open to revisiting”
neutral · production · jsherwani · 2021-08-18 · source ↗ · wrong label?“if you ever want to swap notes on WebRTC hit me up - we've been using it in production for 6 months now!”
neutral · production · 0.5 yr · tommoor · 2013-10-29 · source ↗ · wrong label?