We walk through how we implemented an SSE server that's scalable and load-balanced to simplify and improve a real-time data visualization application.

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Shopify Engineering

SSE is a unidirectional server push technology that enables a web client to receive automatic updates from a server via an HTTP connection. This was a perfect addition to a real-time data visualization product Shopify ships every year—our Black Friday Cyber Monday (BFCM)

Using Server Sent Events to Simplify Real-time Streaming at Scale