WebSockets - A Conceptual Deep-Dive

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The WebSocket protocol elevated the possibilities of communication over the internet and gave way to a truly realtime web.

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Long Polling - Concepts and Considerations

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Idempotency - challenges and solutions over HTTP | Ably Realtime

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Server-Sent Events (SSE): A conceptual deep dive | Ably Realtime

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HTTP/2 deep dive | Ably Realtime

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HTTP/3 deep dive | Ably Realtime

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Delta Compression: A practical guide to diff algorithms and delta file formats

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Adventures in BEAM optimization with our MQTT adapter

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WebSockets vs Long Polling
Sometimes we need information from our servers as soon as it’s available. The usual AJAX request/response we’re all used to doesn’t keep the connection open for this sort of use case. Instead we need a push-based method like WebSockets, Long Polling, Server-sent events (SSE) and more recently HTTP2 push. In this article, we compare two methods: WebSockets and Long Polling.

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Why is everyone talking about MQTT?
Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT), is a network protocol especially built to enable efficient communication to and from Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

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Rails ActionCable - the good and the bad
ActionCable is a substantial move forwards for the Rails platform . It allows developers to move away from the typical request/response paradigm of old to one where persistent connections are maintained from clients to your Rails servers.