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Realtime experiences
9 min read
Building a peer-to-peer multiplayer game with pub/sub
![Jo Franchetti](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2020/10/IMG_20180401_163733_mh1522578404669--2-.jpg?tr=w-96,q-50)
Oct 15, 2020
![Ably wins Best API Debut award](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-25-at-16.52.20.png?tr=w-768,q-50)
Ably newsIndustry Trends
2 min read
Ably wins Best API Debut award
![Martin Fietkiewicz](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2020/09/martin-barcelona.jpg?tr=w-96,q-50)
Sep 25, 2020
![Presenting a realtime communication framework to build multiplayer games](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2020/09/Screenshot-2020-08-20-at-15.30.45-1.png?tr=w-768,q-50)
5 min read
Presenting a realtime communication framework to build multiplayer games
Sep 11, 2020
![Why Ably integrates with functions instead of delivering them](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2022/01/why-ably-integrates-with-functions.png?tr=w-768,q-50)
Ably engineering
6 min read
Why Ably integrates with functions instead of delivering them
![Paddy Byers](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2019/05/paddy-byers-83e6fa6a5d47687601b0586d529a4619bbe68178b5ff4d1ba8636e4612ea716f.jpg?tr=w-96,q-50)
Jul 28, 2020
![Removal of non-inclusive terminology from Ably codebases](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2020/07/inclusive2-1.png?tr=w-768,q-50)
Ably news
2 min read
Removal of non-inclusive terminology from Ably codebases
![Paddy Byers](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2019/05/paddy-byers-83e6fa6a5d47687601b0586d529a4619bbe68178b5ff4d1ba8636e4612ea716f.jpg?tr=w-96,q-50)
Jul 23, 2020
![Adventures in BEAM optimization with our MQTT adapter](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2021/02/beam-optimization-article-by-simon-meta-image-Screen-Shot-2020-08-06-at-16.03.49.png?tr=w-768,q-50)
Ably engineering
9 min read
Adventures in BEAM optimization with our MQTT adapter
![Simon Woolf](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2020/07/simonwoolf.png?tr=w-96,q-50)
Jul 17, 2020
![Cassandra counter columns: Nice in theory, hazardous in practice](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2020/06/cassandra-counter-columns1-1.png?tr=w-768,q-50)
Ably engineering
11 min read
Cassandra counter columns: Nice in theory, hazardous in practice
![Paddy Byers](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2019/05/paddy-byers-83e6fa6a5d47687601b0586d529a4619bbe68178b5ff4d1ba8636e4612ea716f.jpg?tr=w-96,q-50)
Jun 11, 2020
![Introducing Message Delta Compression: Bandwidth-efficient realtime messaging](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2020/06/delta-message-compression-blog.png?tr=w-768,q-50)
Ably news
8 min read
Introducing Message Delta Compression: Bandwidth-efficient realtime messaging
Jun 9, 2020
![The definitive guide to diff algorithms and patch formats](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2020/06/delta-arrow.jpg?tr=w-768,q-50)
Ably engineering
16 min read
The definitive guide to diff algorithms and patch formats
![Tsviatko Yovtchev](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2019/11/tsviatko.jpg?tr=w-96,q-50)
Jun 8, 2020
![Ably solidarity statement for race equality globally](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2020/06/Racial-Equality-Strategy-862x418--1-.png?tr=w-768,q-50)
Ably news
1 min read
Ably solidarity statement for race equality globally
![Paddy Byers](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2019/05/paddy-byers-83e6fa6a5d47687601b0586d529a4619bbe68178b5ff4d1ba8636e4612ea716f.jpg?tr=w-96,q-50)
Jun 2, 2020
![Ably secures $7M funding to set a new standard in realtime messaging](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2020/04/update-funding-blog-01.0@2x.jpg?tr=w-768,q-50)
Ably news
3 min read
Ably secures $7M funding to set a new standard in realtime messaging
Apr 6, 2020
![Ably adds native integrations for Zapier, IFTTT, and Cloudflare Workers](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2020/05/enhance-integ-zap-tftt-cflare-blog-01.0.jpg?tr=w-768,q-50)
Ably news
6 min read
Ably adds native integrations for Zapier, IFTTT, and Cloudflare Workers
Mar 12, 2020