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Websockets
Learn Websockets as a connected topic across chapters, concepts, simulations, and interview reasoning.
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Learn Websockets as a connected topic across chapters, concepts, simulations, and interview reasoning.
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System Design
Architecture
Collaborative Editing
Hld
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Article 1Real-Time Communication: WebSockets, SSE, and Long Polling ExplainedTLDR: 🔌 WebSockets = bidirectional persistent channel — use for chat, gaming, collaborative editing. SSE = one-way server push over HTTP with built-in reconnect — use for AI streaming, live logs, not23 minArticle 2System Design HLD Example: Collaborative Document Editing (Google Docs)TLDR: Real-time collaborative editing relies on Operational Transformation (OT) or CRDTs to resolve concurrent edits without data loss. The core trade-off is Latency vs. Consistency: we use optimistic14 min