Into the Wormhole

JS Party: JavaScript, CSS, Web Development

Feross is back with a brand new web app for us to pick apart! Wormhole is the fastest way to send files on the internet and we want to know why he built it, how it works, and what crazy hacks he invented along the way.

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Featuring:

• Feross Aboukhadijeh – Twitter, GitHub, Website
• Jerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn
• Nick Nisi – Twitter, GitHub, Website
• Adam Stacoviak – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website

Show Notes:

• Wormhole
• Wormhole Security
• Why some developers are avoiding app store headaches by going web-only
• Wormhole encrypted file transfer app reboots Firefox Send after Mozilla fled
• SocketDev/wormhole-crypto
• Socket.dev

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!