How WebSockets cost us $1M on our AWS bill

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Recall.ai optimized their CPU usage for real-time video processing to cut down their AWS bill by $1M/year. They discovered their main CPU consumption was due to WebSocket's memory copying functions. By switching from WebSockets to shared memory for data transport, they significantly reduced overhead, leading to a 50% reduction in CPU usage.

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Our CPU is being spent doing what??An expensive set of sockets...Quest for a cheaper transport!Sharing is caring (about performance)
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