- Each DO should be self-contained and useful in isolation
- Communication between DOs should enhance functionality, not be required for basic operation
- The edge location should provide meaningful advantages
- State persistence should enable unique capabilities
- Real-time interaction should be core to the design
- Real-time Collaborative IDE
- Each file is a DO with its own operational transform engine
- Real-time cursors and editing between users
- File-specific permissions and history
- Instant file search within its scope
- Distributed Task Runner
- Each stage manages its own tasks
- Tasks can communicate status up the chain
- Automatic retry and failure management
- Real-time progress monitoring
- IoT Device Management
- Each level manages its own device fleet
- Real-time sensor data aggregation
- Hierarchical alerts and monitoring
- Local state caching for offline resilience
- Game Server Infrastructure
- Each instance is its own game server
- Real-time player state management
- Instance-to-instance communication
- Regional matchmaking
- Content Management System
- Each page manages its own content and cache
- Real-time preview and collaboration
- Hierarchical permissions
- Instant content propagation
- Distributed Chat System
- Each thread manages its own messages
- Real-time presence and typing indicators
- Message persistence and search
- Cross-thread notifications
- AI Agent Home
- Each DO is a persistent AI agent with memory
- Natural language terminal interface
- Can spawn child processes for parallel tasks
- Maintains conversation history and learned behaviors
- WebSocket to other agents for collaborative problem solving
- Built-in function calling system
- Edge-Native Virtual Machine
- Each DO is a lightweight VM
- Custom WASM runtime environment
- File system simulation
- Network interface simulation
- Process management
- Universal State Machine
- Each DO is a programmable state machine
- Custom state transition rules
- Event sourcing
- Time-travel debugging
- Visual state flow representation
- Edge Database Engine
- Each DO is a full database engine
- Custom query language
- Index management
- Transaction support
- Real-time query subscriptions
- Edge Operating System
- Each DO is a minimal operating system
- Process scheduling
- Memory management
- I/O handling
- System calls
- Edge Prompt Chain Debugger
- Each DO is a live prompt engineering lab
- Visual chain execution with real-time state
- Modify prompts mid-chain and see changes instantly
- Branch and compare different prompt paths
- Export optimized chains as code
- Record token usage and cost analytics
- AI Document Companion
- Each DO "inhabits" a document (PDF, doc, webpage)
- Builds deep contextual understanding over time
- Learns from every user interaction
- Maintains conversation history per-user
- Auto-generates tests to verify its knowledge
- Identifies and resolves knowledge conflicts
- Code Evolution Engine
- Each DO manages a single code file/module
- Continuous background code improvement
- Suggests refactors based on usage patterns
- Auto-generates tests and documentation
- Learns your coding style and preferences
- Real-time pair programming with context
- AI Protocol Adapter
- Each DO is an AI-powered API transformer
- Auto-converts between API formats/versions
- Learns from traffic patterns
- Self-heals breaking changes
- Generates SDK code on demand
- Real-time API documentation
- Personal URL Shortener Plus
- Each DO is a smart link redirector
- A/B testing built in
- Real-time analytics
- Traffic shaping/throttling
- Geographic routing
- Edge Load Balancer
- Each DO is a smart load balancer
- Real-time health checks
- Dynamic routing rules
- Circuit breaking
- Traffic visualization
- Edge Rate Limiter
- Each DO manages rate limiting
- Token bucket algorithm
- Real-time quota adjustments
- Cross-region coordination
- Usage analytics
- Edge A/B Testing Engine
- Each DO manages split testing
- Real-time variant assignment
- Statistical analysis
- User segmentation
- Results visualization