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Simon Woolf

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Lead software engineer of the Ably realtime backend.

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Engineering message appends for AI Transport: three vignettes

Ably engineering

Engineering message appends for AI Transport: three vignettes

Simon Woolf·May 6, 2026

CRDTs are simpler and more common than you think

Ably engineering

CRDTs are simpler and more common than you think

Simon Woolf·Feb 14, 2023

Channel global decoupling for region discovery

Ably engineering

Channel global decoupling for region discovery

Simon Woolf·Jan 5, 2022

Adventures in BEAM optimization with our MQTT adapter

Ably engineering

Adventures in BEAM optimization with our MQTT adapter

Simon Woolf·Jul 17, 2020

Ably Debugging Tales - A Mystery in Elixir

Ably engineering

Ably Debugging Tales - A Mystery in Elixir

Simon Woolf·Jul 30, 2019

Building a distributed rate limiter that scales horizontally

Ably engineering

Building a distributed rate limiter that scales horizontally

Simon Woolf·Jul 26, 2018

Ably MQTT adapter public beta

Ably MQTT adapter public beta

Simon Woolf·Mar 15, 2018

Being 'Protocol Agnostic' at Ably

Being 'Protocol Agnostic' at Ably

Simon Woolf·Nov 29, 2016