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ConnectNow: the night video ran over WebSockets

Name: ConnectNow: the night video ran over WebSockets
Uploaded: 2026-10-29T07:56:07.000Z
Duration: 11 min 26 s
Channel: Himanshu Kukreja
Description: How ConnectNow's video calls, relayed frame by frame through a WebSocket server, fell apart before an investor demo, and how a hybrid design fixed it: WebSockets for signalling and chat, WebRTC for media, STUN and TURN for NAT, and SFUs once calls grow.

How ConnectNow's video calls, relayed frame by frame through a WebSocket server, fell apart before an investor demo, and how a hybrid design fixed it: WebSockets for signalling and chat, WebRTC for media, STUN and TURN for NAT, and SFUs once calls grow.

Read the case file: The Great Video Call Revolution: When WebSockets Met WebRTC and Changed Everything

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CASE-002 · The Great Video Call Revolution: When WebSockets Met WebRTC and Changed Everything

Chat works. Video doesn't. The demo is tomorrow.

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