Slack Real-Time Messaging

An analysis of the Slack architecture explaining how they send millions of messages in real time.

Hi Friends,

Welcome to the 56th issue of the Polymathic Engineer newsletter.

Last week, I read some interesting blog posts on the Slack engineering blog, and it would be great to discuss it with you.

The outline will be as follows:

• The Slack architecture

• Service discovery

• How Slack clients boot up and send messages

• System Design Considerations

• Posts that make y…