Ably

We are proud to be powering the realtime chat capability of many leading brands - from HubSpot to 17Live, SportsBet to GM and InvitePeople 💪 They rely on us for our reliable, scalable and low latency realtime platform to ensure they deliver a great user experience. However, we’ve been doing a lot of thinking about how we can better help developers to overcome the many challenges of delivering chat features to market quickly, at scale and in an economically viable way. So we're really excited to announce our Ably Chat product is now available in private beta 🎉 Ably Chat bundles purpose-built APIs for all the chat features your users need in a range of applications, from livestreams operating at extreme scale to customer support conversations embedded within your apps. Ably Chat unlocks many benefits for users including: ✅ Composable realtime - combine products to build any realtime experience you want ✅ Dependability by design - reliable, scalable, <50ms global medium latency and messaging guarantees ✅ Cost optimizations - features and pricing to support extreme usage These abstractions and optimizations ultimately mean one thing — you spend less time figuring out the design patterns for good efficiency and a great user experience. For more information, a live demo and to request a beta invite, read the blog 👇

Collaborative environments enable users to work more effectively. You can build your own collaborative environment in just a few lines of code with our Ably Spaces SDK. Watch our realtime tutorial videos and see how, in a matter of minutes, you can create: ⭐Avatar stacks ⭐Live cursors ⭐Component locking

🚀 We're on the lookout for a Technical Product Manager to join our team at Ably. Our realtime developer tools empower thousands of companies to deliver billions of messages for millions of devices every day. If you'd like to help build the infrastructure for the next generation of the internet, head over to ably.com/careers to learn more and apply. #hiring #product #developertools #realtime

With over 2 million active customers, leading Australian online wagering company Sportsbet were looking to further enhance their highly successful ‘Bet With Mates’ platform with a new chat feature. Find out why they chose Ably to meet their exacting demands and how we impressed their most difficult to please engineers (their words, not ours!) Read the case study here 👉 https://hubs.la/Q02GVKfm0

We’ve built the LiveSync database connector to make it easy to work with database generated events, and solve the things that make it hard to work with the more traditional approach of using Change Data Capture (CDC). In our latest blog post, Ably Engineer Zak Knill explains how it works and why we made some intentional choices about why it should be different to CDC. 🌟 Simplified joins & encapsulation: Easily manage complex data models without the headache of gluing events back together. 🌟 Enhanced access control: Control exactly which data gets published and who sees it through Ably's powerful capabilities. 🌟 Optimized data delivery: Publish only the data your frontend needs, reducing oversharing and improving performance. Read it here 👇

For episode 40 of my podcast A guy with a scarf, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Matthew O'Riordan, CEO and co-founder of Ably. Our conversation delved into the evolving landscape of real-time fan engagement in sports and entertainment, exploring the technical challenges of delivering seamless real-time experiences at scale and the future of fan interaction in the digital age. From our conversation, I drew several key takeaways: 1️⃣ Real-time fan engagement is evolving from simple live experiences to complex, collaborative interactions. 2️⃣ Managing the exponential growth of data in real-time applications is a significant technical challenge that requires specialized infrastructure. 3️⃣ Reliability is crucial in maintaining fan loyalty; technical issues can quickly drive users to alternative platforms. 4️⃣ The availability of robust real-time technology enables innovation in user experience design. 5️⃣ The future of fan engagement will likely involve more gamification, unique content, diverse data sources, and potentially AI-driven personalization. Ably is a platform built for realtime fan engagement, you definitively need to check them out if you do anything digital fan facing with sports at scale. 🏁 Follow my new page: Realtime Fan Engement Eleanor O'Neill Hannah Smallman Faye McClenahan Alex Buhaenko Jodie Pinkowski #realtime #fanengagement

Interactive fan experiences generate what’s called the ‘The N-Squared problem’. In our recent blog post, Ably CEO and co-founder Matt O’ Riordan talks through how ‘The N Squared problem’ impacts brands both financially and experientially. Read the full article 👇 https://hubs.la/Q02Fb_sc0

When managing database generated events, what’s the difference between using Change Data Capture and Ably LiveSync database connector? In our latest blog post, Ably Engineer Zak Knill explains how the two mechanisms work and why we made some intentional choices about how and why the LiveSync database connector should be different. Read it here 👇

Sportsbet, a leading Australian online wagering company, worked closely with Ably to complete the rapid development of a feature-rich, scalable chat feature for their best-in-class ‘Bet With Mates’ online platform 💬 Find out how we delivered: ✅ Great frontend performance figures ✅ Integration into Sportsbet’s build pipeline ✅ High performance and scalability ✅ Stringent security and data handling ✅ A future-proofed approach - so more realtime features can be added

When it comes to realtime data streaming using Kafka, balancing latency and throughput is a complex task, as improving one often means sacrificing the other. This is a particularly important balancing act for companies in the fan engagement and transactional data spaces because latency is critical to their success. Having worked with businesses like NASCAR, Genius Sports, and Tennis Australia, the engineering teams at Ably understand the importance of low latency. So, to support companies looking to stream data between Kafka and other applications, Ably developed its own Kafka Connector. In our latest blog, Evgenii (Technical Lead of the Ecosystems team at Ably), delves into the methodology and approach we took to addressing the challenges of reducing latency while maintaining throughput. From identifying bottlenecks through to fine tuning our configuration, we’ve achieved impressive latency metrics. Read the blog here 👇