#8212026-04-07
Ktor WebSockets: build chat, dashboards, and games on Kotlin coroutines
Ktor's WebSockets plugin turns full-duplex sockets into a for-loop over a coroutine channel. Here's the minimal first endpoint, the SharedFlow broadcast pattern for chat, and the numbers behind why Ktor 3 hits 0.8s cold start vs Spring Boot's 3.2s.