Real-Time on the Frontend - SSE, WebSockets & Polling
Real-time doesn't always mean WebSockets. Picking the right tool changes everything. In this article we'll cover when polling is actually the right answer, why SSE is the most underrated real-time technology on the web, when WebSockets are genuinely worth the complexity, how to handle reconnections
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