Systems / 2026 / Runs natively
TikTok Interactive
A live-stream interactivity bridge: a server and bridge layer that turn viewer actions into real-time events.
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The problem
Live interactivity has to survive burst traffic without falling behind the stream.
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How I approached it
A dedicated bridge decouples ingest from the consumer, so a spike in viewer events queues rather than blocking the render path.
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The outcome
Viewer input reflected live without desync.
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