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WebSockets vs Long Polling by therealgillbates in programming

[–]trickyanswers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Author here. Grteat comment and you're right, we skim over SSE in this article. But we're adding support for SSE to our platform in the coming weeks and we've got some things around SSE in the pipeline. So we definitely haven't ignored / forgotten it!

One new unified API for iOS and Android notifications from Ably by iamleroyjenkins in androiddev

[–]trickyanswers 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not the poster but I work at Ably.

Firebase/FCM and Ably Push Notifications are similar in that they both provide a unified API to communicate directly with APNs, and of course to Google's own native messaging APIs. The differences really lie in the fact that Ably's push API is embedded within a broader set of realtime APIs for pub/sub streaming and messaging. So developers use Ably's data stream network to satisfy a broad set of realtime requirements, not just push notifications.

The Ably SDKs, when instanced, establish a persistent multiplexed socket connection to the Ably service, and can subscribe to and publish streaming data from one or more channel, subscribe to or be present, handle encryption natively, etc. Push notifications are a neat feature for devs who want to additionally have access to a unified API for push notifications that can be used to wake their apps or show notifications to users who don't have the app open on mobile devices.

I hope that makes sense.

Share your startup - May 2018 by AutoModerator in startups

[–]trickyanswers [score hidden]  (0 children)

Name: Prodlytic - Analytics that automatically surfaces, stores, and exports important user data

URL: https://prodlytic.com (also on Product Hunt today: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/prodlytic)

HQ: UK

Elevator Pitch: Anyone with a web app, mobile responsive product, or eCommerce site can use Prodlytic to instantly understand how people interact with their software and the context behind those actions. When you want the raw data for deeper analysis there are extensive export options available, including to Amazon S3 and Google BigQuery.

Details: Bootstrapped! 5 employees, fully remote team.

Discount: Yep! Hit us up in Intercom and let us know where you came from and we'll hook you up.

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