Requirements

Real-time communication. Live-update & sync to web apps is like a logo to a webpage nowadays

Ease-of-use (developer UX)

Scalability

Performance

Flexibility in choices (no vendor lock-in)

Reduce number of technological complexities

Meteor?

Perfect sync, demos work like a charm ✓

Monolith ✕

Doesn't scale ✕

MongoDB-only ✕

Enter cote.js

Zero-configuration

Scalable, distributed applications

Fault-tolerant

cote.js Features

Auto-discovery
Mesh network, peer-to-peer communication
Pubsub pattern
Requester/responder pattern
Client-side communication with Websockets
Load balancing with different strategies
Daemon monitor

Your first microservice

var cote = require('cote');
var timeService = new cote.Responder({name: 'Time Service'});

timeService.on('time', (req, cb) => {
    cb(new Date());
});

var cote = require('cote');
var client = new cote.Requester({name: 'Client'});

client.on('ready', () => {
    client.send({type: 'time'}, (time) => {
        console.log(time);
    });
});

time-service.js

client.js