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how do you handle rate limiting for busy apis

Hey everyone, I want to talk about rate limiting for busy APIs. We've been using a basic token bucket setup, but it's struggling when we get swamped. ...

Architecture PatternsReal-time
Yaroslava KovalenkoYaroslava Kovalenko
1023639

Real-time notifications, WebSockets or Server-Sent Events?

hey everyone, im architecting a new feature that requires real-time notifications to be pushed from the server to multiple clients. im weighing the pr...

Real-timeBest Practices
Teodora IlievaTeodora Ilieva
754333

real-time updates in microservices, websockets versus sse

Hey folks, I'm building a system that needs to push live updates from several microservices to the frontend. I'm trying to decide between WebSockets a...

MicroservicesReal-time
Yves DuboisYves Dubois
1481833

what's your strategy for real-time data synchronization?

hey folks, ive been thinking a lot about keeping data consistent across multiple clients in real-time. Weve explored websockets and polling, but im cu...

Real-time
Amira MansourAmira Mansour
2120836

real-time analytics, what's your go-to architecture

I'm working on this project, and we need to show real-time user activity metrics on a dashboard. We're expecting potentially thousands of users at the...

Real-time
Sopheap ChungSopheap Chung
1072625

dont use websockets or server-sent events?

hey everyon im workin on a new project that needs real-time updates pushed from the server to lots of clients. were tryna choose between WebSockets an...

Real-timeDatabases
Tatiana VargasTatiana Vargas
1647141

how to make real-time data ingestion better for tons of events tho

hey everyone im workin on a system that needs to ingest a massive amount of real time event data think millions of events per second were hitting some...

Best PracticesReal-timePerformance
Chingiz TursynovChingiz Tursynov
914232

real time collaboration, should we build custom real time frameworks

hey folks, we're looking into building a real-time collaborative editing feature and it's got me thinking about the tech stack. sure, there are existi...

Real-timeArchitecture Patterns
Camil HaddadCamil Haddad
1519127

real-time user presence polling or websockets tho

hey all, i'm thinking about adding a feature to show who's online and what pages people are looking at, you know, real-time user presence. my first i...

Real-timePerformance
Walid DagherWalid Dagher
971128

real-time data sync: kafka vs websockets for client updates

We're working on a tool for collaborative editing, and we need to send updates to clients right away. We're trying to decide between Kafka, because it...

Real-timeMessage Queues
Chandan RaoChandan Rao
1246129

when should you use different caching methods really it depends on what you need to do like for your basic web page

so i've been thinking a lot about caching lately, specifically when to apply different strategies. we often talk about client-side caching, cdn cachin...

Real-time
Alexei PetrovAlexei Petrov
1567638

real-time leaderboards, should we poll or use WebSockets

working on a new feature for a gaming platform and we need to implement real-time leaderboards. we've got a few ideas, but i'm stuck on the best appro...

Case StudyTrade-offsReal-time
Ali HassanAli Hassan
1229230

getting real-time data into systems when you have tons of it flowing in

were building a new system that needs to ingest and process a super high volume of real-time events from all over the place. like, millions of events ...

Real-timeCloud Infrastructure
Nala DlaminiNala Dlamini
1740627

getting data super fast, like no waiting around

were building a new system that needs to aggregate real-time data streams from multiple sources into a single view with really low latency requirement...

DatabasesReal-time
Chunhua LiaoChunhua Liao
1526627

Push notifications, WebSockets, and SSE: which is best for real-time updates?

hey folks im architecting a new feature that requires real-time notifications to users we're expecting potentially millions of active users im weighin...

Real-timeScaling
Romy VermeulenRomy Vermeulen
1089623

database partitioning strategy for time-series data

Hey everyone, So, we've got a ton of time-series data piling up for our monitoring metrics and logs. Our current setup, with just one giant table, i...

DatabasesReal-timeScaling
Yazgul TursynbekYazgul Tursynbek
1015234

real-time updates with WebSockets, when to jump in

I've been kicking around the idea of adding some real-time features to a project. You know, using WebSockets for live notifications or maybe even coll...

CachingCase StudyReal-time
Daria ConstantinouDaria Constantinou
1828835

whats my strategy for real time data sync across a bunch of clients well its kinda tricky but prob involves websockets

im working on a collaborative editing tool and need to ensure all connected clients see updates instantly. we're already using WebSockets for the init...

Real-timeSystem Design
Yara FloresYara Flores
676638

real-time notifications websockets vs server-sent events

Hey all, im working on a new feature that needs to send real-time updates to users. Like live scores, stock prices, or chat messages. I know message q...

Real-timeMessage QueuesBeginner Question
Astrid MagnussonAstrid Magnusson
481428

scaling real time data processing when things get really busy?

Hey everyone, I'm struggling with a system that has to take in and process tons of real-time events. Things get slow when the event rate really jumps ...

Real-timePerformanceCareer Advice
Qurratulain ZaidiQurratulain Zaidi
872531