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Metered blog
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Metered blog is the company blog at metered.ca, writing about web and programming. Since 2022, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 12 times, most often “Tsocket: Launch multiple HTTP and TCP tunnels, without limitation”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-06-07, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked as the source of the free OpenRelay TURN relay service, which the Chitchatter P2P chat app uses when direct peer connections fail. The comment does not discuss the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Add one-to-one or Group Video and Audio Calling to your app or website with Metered Video Call SDK
Most-linked posts?
- Tsocket: Launch multiple HTTP and TCP tunnels, without limitation2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-04-26
- OpenRelay Project: Free Reliable WebRTC Turn Server2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-02-11
- How to embed video chat in WordPress in 7 easy steps2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-07-05
What Hacker News says?
Thanks for the feedback! Chitchatter uses https://www.metered.ca/tools/openrelay/ for relaying communication when P2P connections can't be established. So, chatting should "just work" for users right now. I don't know if the current connection type (P2P or relayed) can be determined by JavaScript. If not, it seems that allowing the user to disable relaying servers might be the safest option (at the expense of the ap…
Comment linking /tools/openrelay/
on “Show HN: Chitchatter – P2P chat app that is serverless, decentralized, ephemeral”Submitted OpenRelay Project: Free Reliable WebRTC Turn Server as a story · 10 points
HN discussionSubmitted WebRTC with Node.js: Building a Video Chat App as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted WebRTC to RTMP: How to stream your WebRTC call to RTMP as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Tsocket: Launch multiple HTTP and TCP tunnels, without limitation as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to embed video chat in WordPress in 7 easy steps as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to set up COTURN server as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Stun Servers and Friends: Stun, Turn, Nat, ICE and UDP a Complete Guide as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted WebRTC with Node.js: Building a Video Chat App as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Stun Server and Friends as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Add Video Chat to WordPress as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Tsocket: Completely Free Ngrok Alternative as a story · 1 points
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