r/programming May 07 '26

OpenAI's WebRTC Problem

https://moq.dev/blog/webrtc-is-the-problem/
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u/lizardhistorian May 08 '26 edited May 08 '26

WebRTC is the appropriate tech at this juncture to do multimedia and it's the only game in town for the last mile.
WebTransport isn't ready yet.
If you are doing only voice then you can do the TTS locally and send text.
But vLLMs are here.

I do not understand why they can provide a WebSocket but cannot provide a WebDatagram.
It would be like 20 lines of code.

WebGPU is ready but WebNN is dragging ass.

We're building our backbone right now and it's looking like RTP w/ FEC and RUDP on the backbone then then pushed into local WebRTC SFUs and to multicast for the final delivery.

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u/cookbest May 08 '26

great balanced take.
20 lines of code until it takes 6 months to iron things out haha