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If I remember right, Slack's main application was PHP, now Hack, based, so I wouldn't be surprised to hear that app doesn't hold onto websocket connections itse

If I remember right, Slack's main application was PHP, now Hack, based, so I wouldn't be surprised to hear that app doesn't hold onto websocket connections itself - long-lived connections aren't historically PHP's wheelhouse

1f60c 6y ago
I didn't know anyone outside of Facebook used Hack! TIL.
- SEJeff 6y ago
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPMI1uSrS8g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPMI1uSrS8g here is a video of one of Slack's lead engineer discussing their migration from php --> hack