Abstract: Real-time communication plays a vital role in today’s web applications, particularly in chat systems where low latency and high scalability are essential. Conventional HTTP-based ...

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Technological trends are often short-lived and have no lasting effect. New programming languages show up every year, promising faster builds and simpler syntax. Although many competitors have entered ...