A massively concurrent chat application designed for real-time, one-on-one conversations.

Deployment

This demonstration project is deployed On Render here

Overview

This project is a variation of a previous project, Chatter, re-implemented in Gleam. This version is essentially just the text chat aspect of Omegle (which no longer exists). It allows users to speed chat with random strangers in real-time.

Why Re-Implement in Gleam?

I chose to re-implement this project in Gleam for several reasons:

• Learning Functional Programming: I wanted to start learning functional programming, and Gleam provides a great opportunity to do so.
• Type Safety: Type safety is crucial for me, and Gleam offers strong type guarantees, unlike the dynamically typed Erlang and Elixir.
• Familiar Syntax: As someone who enjoys the Rust programming language, I found Gleam’s syntax familiar, which eased my transition into functional programming.
• Simplicity and Concurrency: Gleam is simple to pick up and excels at creating concurrent applications.

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Developed and Tested by Connell Reffo in 2024