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Six API Styles Compared: REST, GraphQL, WebSockets, Webhooks, gRPC, SOAP
Learn how REST, GraphQL, WebSockets, webhooks, gRPC, and SOAP each solve different data-exchange problems, plus a decision map for choosing the right one.
10 min readWhy WebSockets Hang in Next.js API Routes and How a Custom Server Fixes It
Learn why a ws server inside a pages/api route never completes the handshake, and how to handle the upgrade event yourself with a custom Next.js server.
7 min readTyped Contracts and Zod Guards for a Live WebSocket Analytics Dashboard
How to build a trustworthy real-time dashboard in TypeScript: define payload contracts, validate WebSocket messages with Zod, and stop duplicate connections.
6 min readChoosing the Transport and Architecture for Real-Time JavaScript Apps
How WebSockets, Socket.IO, WebRTC, message brokers, edge regions and monitoring fit together when you build chat, live streaming or multiplayer games in JavaScript.
8 min readDesigning Real-Time Chat Backends: Rooms, Persistence, and Scaling
Learn how to architect a real-time chat backend using Socket.IO, PostgreSQL, and Redis, covering rooms, message persistence order, presence, and multi-server scaling.
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