Chat App Architecture Study
Technical exploration of scalable messaging protocols
concept1 month
#web
Overview
An intensive systems architecture study comparing WebSocket and MQTT protocols for building highly scalable, WhatsApp-style messaging services on custom VPS hardware.
System Architecture
Client Apps
↔
Load Balancer
↔
WebSocket/MQTT Brokers
↔
Redis Pub/Sub
↔
Database Servers
Tech Stack
We
WebSocketNetworkMQ
MQTTNetworkRa
Raspberry PiInfrastructureKey Features
- WhatsApp-like message structure
- WebSocket vs MQTT comparison
- JSON message schema design
- VPS deployment architecture
- Raspberry Pi server concept
- End-to-end architecture documentation
Project Highlights
System Architecture
Focus
MQTT & WebSocket
Protocols
Concept Execution
~/chat-app-architecture/execute.sh
❯initializing system instance: Chat App Architecture Study...
❯loading dependencies from core storage...
❯connecting parameters: [web]
❯system online. executing main loop.
❯▋
