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How We Built WebSocket Servers for Vercel Functions
With the release of Rivet for Vercel Functions, you can now build WebSocket servers on Vercel & Next.js. Check out the getting started guide for Next.js or visit our GitHub.
Nathan Flurry
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VBARE: A simple alternative to Protobuf & Cap'n Proto for schema evolution
At Rivet, we're building an open-source alternative to Cloudflare Durable Objects — a tool for running stateful compute workloads. VBARE is a small but crucial component in meeting the demanding performance requirements of Rivet Actors.
Nathan Flurry
Technical
Container Platform Comparison: Cloudflare Containers vs Rivet Containers vs Fly Machines
Rivet is an open-source, self-hostable serverless alternative to Cloudflare Workers, Durable Objects, and Containers. Check out Rivet Containers and visit our GitHub.
Nathan Flurry
Technical
2,000x faster route propagation by rewriting our Traefik gateway in Rust
Rivet Guard is our gateway service that handles all incoming traffic to the Rivet platform. Its core responsibilities include:
Nathan Flurry
Guide
Building Linear Agents in Node.js & Rivet: Full Walkthrough and Starter Kit
In this guide, you'll learn how to build an AI-powered Linear agent that automates development tasks by generating code based on issue descriptions. You'll build a complete application that authenticates with Linear, receives webhooks, and responds to assignments + comments.
Nathan Flurry
Technical
Considering A W3C Standard For Stateful Serverless
We're Rivet, a new open-source, self-hostable serverless platform with a focus on stateful serverless. If you want to support our mission of building a production-ready and self-hostable serverless runtime, give us a star on GitHub.
Nathan Flurry
Technical
Writing Docs for AI: Making Your Product Seamless for Cursor, Windsurf, and Claude Code Users
Developers increasingly rely on AI-powered tools like Cursor, Windsurf, and Claude Code to streamline coding, debugging, and automation. But if you want your product to integrate smoothly into these AI-driven workflows, you need to structure your documentation in a way that's optimized for Large Language Models (LLMs).
Nicholas Kissel
Technical
SQLite-on-the-Server Is Misunderstood: Better At Hyper-Scale Than Micro-Scale
We're Rivet, a new open-source, self-hostable serverless platform. We've been in the weeds with SQLite-on-the-server recently and – boy – do we have a lot of thoughts to share. Give us a star on GitHub, we'll be sharing a lot more about SQLite soon!
Nathan Flurry
Technical
Is Godot 4's Multiplayer a Worthy Alternative to Unity?
Comparing Unity's high-level multiplayer API with Unity's Fish-Net framework.
Nathan Flurry