Discord bot using Stargate
| Stargate is a data gateway deployed between client applications and a database. It's built with extensibility as a first-class citizen and makes it easy to use a database for any application workload by adding plugin support for new APIs, data types, and access methods. For more information about how to use Stargate, visit Stargate.io |
YouTube video of Stargate
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Phase 1
Goals
A video tutorial on how to use Stargate serverless
Features:
- CRUD usage of Stargate
- Discord Bot (bio, social links, timezone)
- 5-10mins edited video
Challenges
- Cassandra is associated with being "scary"
- People using what they are used to even if the wrong tool for the job
- People use what they hear most for example Mongo or an equivalent in the frontend space React
Storytelling
- That it is not anymore difficult than similar alternatives
- Simple and quick to use at hackathons and build prototypes
- Scalable so that enterprise projects can use it too
- Serverless is an affordable option for everyone (also has a free tier)
- Stargate is open source and can grow and scale with the project
Problem
- Awareness of Stargate
- Cassandra scares people, usually perceived as being "difficult" or "hard"
- Educating people on the benefits of using Stargate
Solution
- Short / concise video (5-10mins)
- 1min social teaser video
- Include what is Stargate serverless
- Build a simple Discord bot, to get/set user details and read/write to DB using Stargate serverless (bio, socials)
Vision
- Easily digestible content
- More projects on Github using Stargate
- Clear and engaging message
- Lowering the barrier to entry
- Low cost of usage
- Community excited about it
Impact
- Evergreen content
- Searchable content
- Consise / digestible content for everyone to get started
- Community building their own projects with Stargate serverless
Technologies Used
Quickstart
- fork the project
- clone project
git clone https://github.com/<YOUR-USERNAME>/stargate - navigate into the project
cd stargate cp .env.example .env- add the respective env-vars to the .env file
- install dependencies
npm install - install husky helpers
npm run prepare
Docs
- Project board v0.1 of
to do,in progress,done - How to edit project Labels