This meeting involved the participants, referred to as State Changers, discussing deployment and server issues involving a Docker container. The conversation focused on how to best manage Docker containers across various states (active, idle, and shut down), and how to handle cold starts. There was a specific comparison made to cold starts in cars.
The meeting also had a focus on various ways to establish data persistence and how to handle different data sources. A significant part of the discussion revolved around how to use the metadata API of Xano to create business value by combining tasks on the Xano side and the TypeScript side. Attention was given to the use of TypeOrm library, SQLite, and Postgres database in relation to the product in development, Flowise. Serverless was mentioned in the context of handling cold starts and memory management. The discussion explored the different ways to handle data, particularly focusing on using TypeOrm to enable different systems to interact with data in a way that adds business value. As for libraries, the importance of Typeform used in Flowise was highlighted, with particular emphasis on its distribution as a JavaScript SDK and use with SQLite. There was a lot of emphasis on relational database management systems, including SQLite and Postgres, with a detailed explanation of how these systems interact with code and the benefits and drawbacks they offer. Further, the meeting suggested potential value in linking TypeOrm to Xano via the metadata API. The notion of 'state change' came up in relation to the different states a Docker container can be in and how manipulating these states can affect cost and efficiency. Overall, this meeting was a deep dive into the intricacies of backend, server and database management. It can be valuable to individuals, especially developers, who need to understand different ways to handle data in web development and how various tools and technologies can be leveraged to do so.
(Source: Deep Dive - Flowise 7/10 )
