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Clear filtersEngineeringHow a Pub/Sub Backplane Scales WebSockets Across ServersScaling WebSockets past one server needs a pub/sub backplane so clients on different machines still get every message. Here is how the backplane pattern works.EngineeringAuthorize Every Real-Time Subscription, Not Just the MessageReal-time authorization belongs at subscribe time, per channel, re-checked on reconnect. Client-side filtering is not security. Here is how to authorize subscriptions.EngineeringHow to Design Pub/Sub Channel GranularityChannel granularity is the biggest pub/sub design decision. Too coarse and you leak data and waste bandwidth; too fine and you drown in subscriptions.