Serverless WebSockets: what the serverless stack is missing

A September 2022 conversation between Ably CEO Matthew O’Riordan and RedMonk co-founder James Governor examines a gap in typical serverless architectures: maintaining stateful, live connections between applications and users. It considers why Kafka may not by itself address realtime delivery needs, the role of WebSockets in interactive experiences, and the trade-offs of building a custom realtime system from AWS services. Ably presents its platform as a managed approach focused on scalable realtime infrastructure and developer productivity, while the discussion also touches on the growth of realtime applications, product-led business models, serverless computing, and challenges with handling apostrophes in Irish names.

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