MQTT is awesome. In deepstream.io we bridged the node MQTT protocol to deepstream which allows us to mix and match protocols. MQQT for IoT devices (and to be ho

MQTT is awesome. In deepstream.io we bridged the node MQTT protocol to deepstream which allows us to mix and match protocols. MQQT for IoT devices (and to be honest any device considering the large amount of libraries) and the deepstream JS client for node/browsers. This pretty much allowed clustering out of the box + automatically saves messages with quality assurance set in an actual database. Plus a bit more authentication and permission tools. https://deepstream.io/blog/20190909-release-deepstream-4.2/ https://deepstream.io/blog/20190909-release-deepstream-4.2/ Deepstream itself is under maintenance right now, but I find the concept of mixing protocols together (similar to what ably.io provides) to hit a sweet spot for development across multiple different environments/devices