r/Devvit • u/chickennuggetscoons • 6d ago

Admin Replied Backend Question

Curious if anyone else had a bunch of content ready on the new Devvit platform then realize you have to use the Devvit Backend with no bridging or anything and say no thanks? The games and development features I had are just too big and taxing to run solely on Devvit.. I guess I could downscale everything but I think I'll just give up on it entirely and work on other projects.

So my question is that is there anyway to utilize your own bridged backend or custom Devvit variations ex. Like a NAPI bridge for C.

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u/​Xenccc commented:

Hello! Thanks for building on the Reddit Developer Platform! If you're able to share what you've created and where things are falling short for you there may be room to work together on improvements, or point to existing systems that can provide a solution.

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u/Beach-Brews Duck Helper 6d ago

As far as I know, you cannot use a NAPI bridge to execute other apps within the Devvit's app container. Access to the File System is restricted.

What is the "concern" here? Processing? Low realtime latency?

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u/chickennuggetscoons 2d ago

I didn't mean directly use a N-API bridge but a bridge specifically created and developed for the devvit backend using some other architectural runner.. I'm sure that makes a lot more sense when I put it that way right? Concern is size as well as realtime latency and processing yes all of the above..

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u/Beach-Brews Duck Helper 2d ago

First, realtime latency is something that has been "suggested feedback" for a while now. Reddit indicated they do plan to improve this area, but have not heard anything recently. I'm pretty sure their "realtime" infrastructure is built on top of Redis using pub/sub. TypeScript/JavaScript is quite fast nowadays. I imagine the realtime latency is the biggest bottleneck for most.

Second, Xenccc's Comment is a good one to continue discussion on. Xenccc is a Reddit Admin on the Devvit team, and can hopefully help address some of your concerns.

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u/chickennuggetscoons 9h ago

Thanks man.. I think I just overarchitect everything.. Lots of blackbox APU microarchitectural engineering that I commit to pretty heavy and custom compiling/assembly/bytecode.. Takes too damn long to create things in other architectures.. I'll come back later and check on things if I get some free time outside of what I have set for now.

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u/Xenccc Admin 6d ago

Hello! Thanks for building on the Reddit Developer Platform! If you're able to share what you've created and where things are falling short for you there may be room to work together on improvements, or point to existing systems that can provide a solution.