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WebSockets vs. Server-Sent-Events vs. Long-Polling vs. WebRTC vs. WebTransport
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“WebSocket.bufferedAmount exists, but as of 2019 I failed to use it to solve this problem and had to implement application-level backpressure.”
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WebSockets vs. Server-Sent-Events vs. Long-Polling vs. WebRTC vs. WebTransport
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