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How Can I Monetize My App with Stream?
Most developers think of chat, video, and feeds as simply baseline user expectations. But implemented well, these tools become revenue drivers for the business. The math is straightforward. Engaged users spend more time in your app, and time spent correlates directly with monetizable actions. It could be placing bets, completing purchases, paying for premium features,
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9 Best Live Selling Platforms Driving Real-Time Commerce
Live selling platforms help lower barriers to visibility because brands and retailers can share their products without needing prime shelf space to get attention. Customers can ask questions and decide immediately on what to purchase instead of going through static images. This is why the global live commerce market size is projected to reach roughly
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The Building Blocks of Live Streaming Infrastructure
Live streaming used to be simple, if not technically, at least conceptually. It was really only about streaming live video, such as a sports game or concert, to an audience watching passively. Video went in, video came out. Now, people expect much more from a live stream. It is a programmable, real-time experience. A shopping
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How Much Does It Cost To Make an App?
This article will break down app development costs by addressing what adds to each component or stage, before rounding it out with fact-driven numbers and estimates. How We Estimated Time & Cost The estimates in this guide are based on a synthesis of publicly available benchmarks and data drawn from: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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How Do I Technically Implement Live Shopping Features Without Crashing the App?
The bright, natural lighting. The flat palm behind a lipstick. The countdown timer flashing to cause FOMO. The chat scrolling so fast it looks like the Matrix made of heart emojis. You know when you are in a live shopping event. Sometimes, the infrastructure knows as well. If implemented incorrectly, live shopping can (belt) buckle
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Top Moderation Keyword Filters & Blocklists for 2026
Out of all forms of content moderation, text seems like it would be the easiest to handle. Unfortunately, rule breakers always invent new ways to sidestep filters and blocklists, which means organizations must consistently refine them to account for these harmful innovations. For example, one user types a slur with numbers instead of letters, or
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How Do I Architect a Scalable Activity Feed System That Won’t Crash Under Load?
Activity feeds power some of the most heavily used features on the web: X's home timeline, Facebook's news feed, LinkedIn's updates, and the notifications panel in nearly every social app. They look simple on the surface, but feeds that work fine with 10,000 users often collapse under the weight of 10 million. The core challenge
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What Is the Best Way To Integrate Vision AI Into My App?
Vision AI integration is an engineering problem more than a model-selection problem. Yes, you need a great vision model, but the infrastructure you build will be the difference between a fragile prototype and a production system. If you're adding vision AI to a live or near-real-time video application, you'll quickly run into questions that model
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