Who this is for
The right fit
- Collaboration apps where lag breaks the experience
- Trading and fintech systems with strict latency SLOs
- Multiplayer games and live event platforms
- Dashboards that must feel alive instead of polled
What you can expect
Outcomes that matter
<100ms
P99 message latency
globally distributed clients
1M+
Concurrent connections
single-region deployments
>99.9%
Reconnect success
with offline buffering
Want a deeper benchmark? See real numbers in client work or read engineering insights.
Anatomy
Challenges, approach, outcomes
The core shape of every engagement.
Challenges Addressed
- •Maintaining consistency with low latency
- •Scaling WebSocket connections efficiently
- •Handling offline and reconnection gracefully
- •Managing state across distributed systems
Approach
- 1.Choose the right real-time primitives for use case
- 2.Design for eventual consistency where appropriate
- 3.Implement robust conflict resolution
- 4.Build with offline-first principles
Outcomes
- Sub-100ms message delivery at scale
- Seamless offline and reconnection experience
- Consistent state across all clients
- Infrastructure that scales with your growth
How we work
Engagement phases
A predictable rhythm from kickoff to handoff. Phases overlap when it makes sense.
Latency Budget
Define the user-perceived latency targets and the system budget that delivers them.
- Latency SLOs
- Architecture options
- Vendor evaluation
Real-Time Spine
Stand up the messaging spine: connections, fan-out, presence, and back-pressure.
- WebSocket gateway
- Pub/sub layer
- Load test rig
Consistency & Offline
Add CRDT or OT layers, persistence, and offline-first reconnection logic.
- Conflict resolution
- Offline sync
- Reconnection UX
Scale & Observe
Tune for millions of concurrent connections with traffic-based autoscaling.
- Capacity model
- Real-time dashboards
- Runbooks
Curious how this maps to your context? Walk through the engagement process or jump straight to scoping a project.
Services
Services that deliver this solution
The capabilities Sri brings to bear on this engagement.
Stack
Technologies in play
The tools Sri reaches for when delivering this solution.
Industries
Best fit for
Sectors where this solution delivers the most value.
Proof
Recent work
Where this solution has delivered for real teams.
Real-Time Analytics Platform
P99 70ms across 3 continents
SaaS Platform Rebuild
Live cursors and presence at scale
Browse the full case study library or see who Sri has worked with.
Dig deeper
Further reading
Playbooks, blueprints, and writings that go deeper on this solution.
FAQ
Common questions
What founders and engineering leaders ask before kicking off.
Self-host or use a vendor like Ably / Liveblocks?
Below ~100k concurrent users a vendor is almost always cheaper and faster. Above that, owning the spine starts to pay back.
How do you handle conflicts in collaborative editing?
CRDTs (Yjs/Automerge) for free-form documents, and operational transforms or domain-specific reducers for structured data.
More questions? Check pricing and engagement models or ask Sri directly.
Adjacent
Related solutions
Often paired with or sequenced after this engagement.
Ready to implement this solution?
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