Hopp with Costa Alexoglou and Iason Paraskevopoulos

Allen Wyma talks with Costa Alexoglou (blog.alexoglou.com) and Iason Paraskevopoulos (iparaskev.com), creators of Hopp (gethopp.app), a tool that enables remote pair programming sessions. Hopp is built with Tauri and Rust, and is open source.

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Timestamps

• [@0:00] - Meet Costa Alexoglou and Iason Paraskevopoulos

• [@3:12] - The problem with existing tools: high latency and poor quality

• [@7:28] - Why Tauri was chosen (and its limitations)

• [@10:28] - Moving from WebKit to a custom Rust WebRTC implementation

• [@14:34] - How Hopp handles ultra-low latency screen sharing

• [@22:50] - Technical deep dive: Bypassing browser limitations on macOS

• [@31:18] - Roadmap: Migrating fully to Rust and future integrations

• [@34:25] - Linux support challenges and distribution

• [@41:03] - Using iced for Rust-based UI rendering

• [@42:14] - Closing thoughts

Credits

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Audio Editing: Plangora (twitter.com/plangora)

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset (thesquareplanet.com)

Show Notes: Plangora (twitter.com/plangora)

Hosts: Allen Wyma (twitter.com/allenwyma)