The way web experiences work today has been dead for a long time. As more users begin to realize just how dead the web is, they will crave a new parad

Real-Time User Experience Will Define the Future of Software

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2025-01-01 18:00:06

The way web experiences work today has been dead for a long time. As more users begin to realize just how dead the web is, they will crave a new paradigm, they will crave real-time experiences.

The web today primarily works in one direction - a user initiates some action like loading a page or clicking a button and data is returned to them.

Sure there are “push notifications” but mostly there are unhelpful, annoying, and cluttered. They are one of the biggest UX-fuckups since Google started prioritizing ads over helpful search. Notifications are shit and they are intrusive.

There’s a bit of truth to this. I probably watch hundreds of seconds-long Instagram Reels while I’m doing my zone 2 cardio on the treadmill. What the statement misses though is the root cause.

Pretend you and I are playing a game of catch (don’t worry I’ll give you a catcher’s mask). You are the client and I am the server. A sequence of events unfolds: