news.ycombinator.com• Feb 24, 2026• 1 min read
Show HN: Falcon – Chat-first communities built on Bluesky AT ProtocolI’m building a chat-first community app that uses Bluesky’s AT Protocol for identity.Current architecture: - Electron client - Spring Boot backend (monolith) - REST for servers/channels - Planning WebSocket-based messagingAs a solo builder, I’m trying to balance simplicity with future scalability.At what point would you introduce: - a separate WebSocket gateway - pub/sub (Redis, etc.) - or keep everything in one Spring app until it breaks?Curious how others approached real-time chat systems early on.Project for context: https://github.com/JohannaWeb/ProjectFalcon