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How to extend Kafka pipelines to users over the public internet

In the realms of event streaming, Kafka has become the number one choice for many organizations. It’s capable of handling and processing vast amounts of critical, time-sensitive event data. But Kafka isn’t designed for distributing data between internal systems and consumers on the public internet. Yet rich, live digital experiences are a must-have as far as users are concerned. They are increasingly becoming a key source of differentiation. In this webinar we will show you how you can harness the power of Kafka, to deliver engaging realtime application to users, using Ably.

Visualize your commits in realtime with Ably and GitHub webhooks

Have you ever wanted to see the work of your entire engineering organization in a visualization as it happens? In this article, I'll tell you how I used Github webhooks and Netlify serverless functions, along with a simple Svelte web app, to do just this in my new interactive visualizer tool.

Cloud pubsub services compared: Azure Web PubSub vs Ably

In this post, I compare two cloud pubsub services: Azure Web PubSub and Ably, to determine which provides the best development experience. The context will be a multi-user pixelart drawing application that I've built with both services. This is not a step-by-step instruction on how to build the entire application. I'll highlight some key features and differences. The GitHub repository for the app has further details and includes CodeTours to guide you through the solution.

Use Next.js and Vercel to build a link-sharing app using serverless WebSockets

In this post, we’ll show you how to use Next.js and Vercel to build a live link-sharing app. Users can share URLs of articles that they think might interest others, and anyone viewing the page will see the shared article appear instantly, together with a preview image and article summary: Along the way, in this article, you will learn how to: You can view the solution code on Github, or play with a live example.

Serverless WebSockets with Azure Functions

This video complements the blog post and demo about Serverless WebSockets with Azure Functions. I'll explain how data is distributed in realtime using WebSockets in a serverless application running in Azure. The context is a multiplayer Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (ADnD) style game that is turn-based with realtime state updates. About Ably

The WebSocket Handbook by Ably

Everything you ever wanted to know about WebSockets, the protocol that powers the realtime web and applications. Covering everything from introduction to implementation with source code examples. About Ably Ably is an enterprise-grade pub/sub messaging platform. We make it easy to efficiently design, quickly ship, and seamlessly scale critical realtime functionality delivered directly to end-users. Every day, we deliver billions of realtime messages to millions of users for thousands of companies.

Different Aspects and Success Factors of ISO 20022 Migration

ISO 20022 is an international standard for exchanging electronic messages between banks and financial institutions. It gives the finance industry a common language and model for sending payment messages and exchanging payment data across the globe. ISO 20022 is an open global standard for financial information. It provides consistent, rich, structured data that can be used for every financial business transaction.

How Genius Sports delivers realtime data to their customers' frontend at speed and at scale

In this webinar, Gary Williams, Genius Sports IT Infrastructure Team Lead explains how Genius Sports used Ably to built a high availability realtime data streaming system that delivers the freshest data to power the second screen experience for sports fans all over the world. About Ably Ably is an enterprise-grade pub/sub messaging platform. We make it easy to efficiently design, quickly ship, and seamlessly scale critical realtime functionality delivered directly to end-users. Every day, we deliver billions of realtime messages to millions of users for thousands of companies.