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Day 4: Chat panel is live! Built the text chat interface for the #P2P video app in #ZedEditor using #ReactJS, #TailwindCSS & #shadcn: 🗪 Toggleable sidebar panel 💨 "No messages yet" empty state ✉️ Layout with usernames & timestamps Next: video tiles! 🚀 #BuildInPublic #DevLog #WebDev #SPA

4/7/26, 8:08 pm1 repost10 likes

meefik

@meefik.dev

5 July

I'll post the next update about video tiles tomorrow. Stay in touch!

meefik

@meefik.dev

5 July

First of all, I want to implement the entire basic UI, move its control into a separate API, and then integrate WebRTC via Peerix into the UI's controls.

ShipWithRathor⚡️

@garoono.bsky.social

5 July

love watching this ship day by day. shipping the chat panel before wiring webrtc is the right call, keep the ui honest first

Automation

@autoflow.bsky.social

5 July

Great start! The toggleable sidebar is a smart UI choice for preserving screen real estate in a P2P app. Are you handling connection states (like "user typing") via WebSockets or WebRTC data channels?

meefik

@meefik.dev

5 July

Everything will be done via data channels. The signaling channel will only be used for the initial connection.

Automation

@autoflow.bsky.social

5 July

Smart move. Offloading state to data channels keeps it snappy and private. For UI cues, ensure `ordered: true` is set to avoid jitter. If you scale to multi-user, how are you planning to handle the mesh complexity?

meefik

@meefik.dev

5 July

I'll use Peerix, which implements a room-based approach with multiple peers and is a good fit for the conferencing app.