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Discussion on: How to build a real-time Auction system - Connecting Socket.io With React 🔥 (Part 2)

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richardev

While using WS is arguably simpler than Socket.io - I personally find it easier to use for simple notifications. Additionally - performance is noticeably better on heavier usage scenarios.

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Nevo David

Yup, The more layers you remove the faster you app becomes.
It's a trade off usually between control and speed.
Same like express and nest.js :)