Building a dependable realtime betting app with Confluent Cloud and Ably

This blog post discusses the importance of event-driven architectures in organizations and how they are driven by customer expectations for interactive, immersive, and real-time online experiences. The author demonstrates a simple way to build a dependable real-time betting experience using Confluent Cloud and Ably edge messaging platform. They explain the real-time sports betting use case and the requirements for a dependable real-time betting solution. The post also provides an overview of the architecture, system characteristics, and benefits of combining Confluent Cloud and Ably for building real-time betting functionality. Additionally, it covers setting up Confluent Cloud and Ably, installing the Ably Kafka Connector, initializing the Android app, and seeing the solution in action. The author concludes by discussing going beyond the demo and final thoughts on combining Confluent Cloud and Ably for real-time digital experiences across various industries.