Real-time distributed chat system

About the Project

Wanted to understand how to scale WebSocket connections across multiple servers. Built this chat app with Go, React, and Redis pub/sub to figure it out. Includes a custom load balancer and containerized deployment.

Key Learnings

• WebSocket protocol and real-time bidirectional communication
• Distributed system design and scaling challenges
• Load balancing techniques and horizontal scaling
• Redis pub/sub for message distribution
• Container orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes
• Cross-platform mobile development