SMRTR ProgrammingSep 25, 2024Daily.dev

How Canva Scaled Real-Time Collaboration with WebRTC: From WebSockets to Seamless P2P Communication

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Canva upgraded to WebRTC for real-time mouse pointers in collaborative whiteboarding, ditching WebSocket and Redis for a peer-to-peer solution that boosts scalability, cuts latency, and takes the load off their backend.

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