HARD
Discord Real-time Chat
Support 10M+ concurrent users messaging with <100ms latency.
Estimated Time: 120 minutes
#chat#real-time#websockets#scale
Solution Overview
WebSocket connections, consistent hashing for servers, message ordering (Snowflake IDs).
Used By Companies
DiscordGoogle
Solution Overview
WebSocket connections, consistent hashing for servers, message ordering (Snowflake IDs).
Approach
WebSocket servers, consistent hashing, Snowflake ID ordering
Companies
- •Discord
Components
- •WebSocket servers
- •Message broker
- •State manager
- •Snowflake ID gen
- •Load balancer