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You built a dashboard. Maybe it tracks stock prices, ride-share drivers, or server metrics. To keep it updated, your first instinct was probably to set a timer in the frontend to fetch data every two seconds. "Where is the data?" ... "Where is the da...

Dec 27, 2025 · 5 min read · architectify.hashnode.dev  
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