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pesterhazy / indexeddb-problems.md
Last active September 9, 2024 23:30
The pain and anguish of using IndexedDB: problems, bugs and oddities

This gist lists challenges you run into when building offline-first applications based on IndexedDB, including open-source libraries like Firebase, pouchdb and AWS amplify (more).

Note that some of the following issues affect only Safari. Out of the major browsers, Chrome's IndexedDB implementation is the best.

Backing file on disk (WAL file) keeps growing (Safari)

When this bug occurs, every time you use the indexeddb, the WAL file grows. Garbage collection doesn't seem to be working, so after a while, you end up with gigabytes of data.

Random exceptions when working with a large number of indexeddb databases (Safari)

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acacio / upnp.js
Created January 12, 2012 21:17
UPNP Port Forwarding for node.js
/* node UPNP port forwarding PoC
This is a simple way to forward ports on NAT routers with UPNP.
This is a not-for-production hack that I found useful when testing apps
on my home network behind ny NAT router.
-satori
usage: