How to Add Live Notifications to a Web App with Server-Sent Events
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Live notifications, the small bell that lights up when something new arrives, are a feature you can ship in an afternoon if you pick the right transport. Most teams reach for WebSockets out of habit and end up writing more reconnection code than business logic. Server-Sent Events let you skip the WebSocket complexity entirely for any one-way notification feature. This guide walks through implementing notifications end to end: the server endpoint, the client subscription, the storage layer for r