#67: A Simple Introduction to Websockets (3 Minutes)
so if "Although good for specific use cases, it isn’t a silver bullet for real-time communication."
what is the silver bullet (the best solution for real time communication) ?
If google docs uses websockets - how does google docs handle the server limited websocket connections issue?
> what is the silver bullet (the best solution for real time communication)?
it depends.
> If google docs uses websockets - how does google docs handle the server limited websocket connections issue?
I'll have to find out how Google Docs scale websockets. (They have less information in the public domain.)
Here are 2 approaches:
- Vertically scale the server to handle more connections.
- Add more servers to scale horizontally and put a load balancer in front of them.
You can use the pub-sub pattern to handle many websocket handshake requests at once. It uses a message broker to shed the load.
Interesting Read!
Good article, thanks! It would be great to have a sentence or two about when the websockets where introduced and what was their impact on the industry.
thanks for the feedback, I shall cover this topic in depth later.
Real-time communication reshaped user interaction.
I still remember the first time using Websockets.
Thanks for the breakdown, Neo!
true, you're welcome.
Server-Sent Events are a great way to keep the client up-to-date, especially with distributed systems when something in the backend gets updated.
That's a great breakdown, Neo!
I prefer SSE with http post requests for the client to send data. But I guess it really depends on the app.
Cool article !!!
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so if "Although good for specific use cases, it isn’t a silver bullet for real-time communication."
what is the silver bullet (the best solution for real time communication) ?
If google docs uses websockets - how does google docs handle the server limited websocket connections issue?
> what is the silver bullet (the best solution for real time communication)?
it depends.
> If google docs uses websockets - how does google docs handle the server limited websocket connections issue?
I'll have to find out how Google Docs scale websockets. (They have less information in the public domain.)
Here are 2 approaches:
- Vertically scale the server to handle more connections.
- Add more servers to scale horizontally and put a load balancer in front of them.
You can use the pub-sub pattern to handle many websocket handshake requests at once. It uses a message broker to shed the load.
Interesting Read!
Good article, thanks! It would be great to have a sentence or two about when the websockets where introduced and what was their impact on the industry.
thanks for the feedback, I shall cover this topic in depth later.
Real-time communication reshaped user interaction.
I still remember the first time using Websockets.
Thanks for the breakdown, Neo!
true, you're welcome.
Server-Sent Events are a great way to keep the client up-to-date, especially with distributed systems when something in the backend gets updated.
That's a great breakdown, Neo!
I prefer SSE with http post requests for the client to send data. But I guess it really depends on the app.
Cool article !!!
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What's the curriculum, or what are the gains of "I’m launching system design deep dives in March 2025?"?
Patterns
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