Rearchitecting Coder’s networking with WebRTC

The text discusses how Coder, a platform that orchestrates development environments on Kubernetes infrastructure, migrated its networking from a traditional reverse proxy architecture to WebRTC. This change was made due to issues with the previous architecture, such as brief interruptions during envproxy process crashes and additional round-trip latency. By using WebRTC, Coder can now leverage built-in browser APIs for better security, faster editing experience, and compatibility with diverse networking configurations. The new approach also minimizes points of entry that administrators need to secure. Future releases will explore further improvements, such as full peer-to-peer communication and an in-browser WebRTC proxy.