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Matthew O'Riordan

London, UK

CEO and co-founder of Ably. Previously co-founded Econsultancy, sold in 2012. Love programming, distributed systems, product design, and skiing, kite surfing and skydiving.

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Fan engagement

Building the future of fan engagement: Key requirements for modern realtime experience platforms

Matthew O'Riordan·Sep 5, 2024

Realtime experiences

Recent posts

Building the future of fan engagement: Key requirements for modern realtime experience platforms

Realtime fan experiences: Making them economically viable, at scale

Rails ActionCable - the good and the bad

First down or just down? Is your realtime infrastructure the real MVP?

From A to (series) B

The shift to Event-Driven: evolution, benefits, and competitive advantages

Pusher acquired by MessageBird – what is next for customers?

Ably secures $7M funding to set a new standard in realtime messaging

What is a distributed systems engineer?

Five strategies to remove single points of DNS failure

Google - polling like it's the 90s

Technical debt: the good, the bad, the reckless

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