If you look at how most cloud IDEs and code sandboxes work today, they almost all share the same underlying architecture: you type code in the browser, it gets sent over a WebSocket to a Node.js or Docker container on a remote server, the server compiles it, and sends the result back.

It works, but it introduces a massive bottleneck: Network Latency.

Every keystroke is fighting against ping times. If the server is under load, or your Wi-Fi drops for a second, your flow state is completely ruined.

While building NitroIDE, I wanted to see if I could bypass the server entirely.…