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		fragmede 32 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pocketbase – open-source realtime back end in 1 fi... Realtime in tech has a specific definition. The Wikipedia article covers it in more detail, but think about things like airplane wing control or space rocket computers needing to do things exactly when asked, or else people die.

zwnow 32 days ago [–]

Even that stuff has a delay.

anonymousiam 32 days ago | [–]

FYI, my above referenced RTOS was for a space-based application.

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