XMPP: When a 25-Year-Old Protocol Becomes Strategic Again
As new initiatives try to reinvent open messaging, too often starting from scratch, XMPP quietly reasserts itself as a reference protocol for open messaging.
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Supporting XMPP Standard Foundation's open letter to Meta for true interop
As a free and open standard for building and deploying instant messaging systems, XMPP represents the ideal foundation for true messaging interoperability.
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How Big Tech Pulled Off the Billion-User Heist
How large messaging and social platforms hijacked the international phone numbering system—a common good—to build proprietary communication networks that stifle competition.
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Thoughts on Improving Messaging Protocols — Part 2, Matrix
A Proposal to Simplify and Speed Up Matrix Merge Operations
2 min readMatrix and XMPP: Thoughts on Improving Messaging Protocols – Part 1
For over two decades, ProcessOne has been developing large-scale messaging platforms, powering some of the largest services in the world. Our mission is to build the best messaging back-ends imaginable–an exciting yet complex challenge.
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Breaking Down the Costs of Large Messaging Services
I will comment on an interesting article from Meredith Whittaker and Joshua Lund breaking down the cost of running a large-scale messaging platform.
1 min readUnderstanding messaging protocols: XMPP and Matrix
In the world of real-time communication, two prominent protocols often come into discussion: XMPP and Matrix. Both protocols aim to provide robust and secure messaging
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Saying Goodbye to ICQ !
With ICQ shutting down on June 26, 2024, I can’t help but feel nostalgic. Remember your old ICQ UIN? I tried to find mine but no luck. How about you? Do you remember yours?
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