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Imagine you’re waiting for a bus. You don’t know exactly when it’ll arrive, but you’re eager. You have two choices: Short polling – keep asking the conductor every 10 seconds, “Has the bus come yet?” Long polling – ask once, and the conductor says, ...

Client-server architecture is the backbone of how many computer programs talk to each other. Imagine a restaurant: the customer is the "client" asking for food, and the kitchen is the "server" preparing and delivering it. This model is efficient beca...

Introduction In modern distributed systems, the way applications communicate with each other can significantly impact their performance, reliability, and scalability. While webhooks are often praised for their efficiency in real-time communication, A...

Ever wondered how those cool, real-time updates work in your favorite apps? Whether it's seeing new messages pop up in a chat app or tracking live scores in a sports app, real-time features are like magic that keeps your app fresh and exciting. But b...

Before we even discuss the various ways of handling real-time data. Let's first understand how data is transferred in the normal circumstances aka. HTTP requests. As shown below, HTTP requests work pretty straightforward, client sends some request th...
