I'm not building a message queue That may be the kernel of the problem here; you built a subset of a message queue without realising it. RabbitMQ has a websoc

I'm not building a message queue That may be the kernel of the problem here; you built a subset of a message queue without realising it. RabbitMQ has a websocket plugin[1]. Just make your javascript connect directly to a RabbitMQ cluster and you have a solid, scalable foundation - almost for free. [1] http://www.rabbitmq.com/blog/2012/05/14/introducing-rabbitmq-web-stomp/ http://www.rabbitmq.com/blog/2012/05/14/introducing-rabbitmq...