WebSocket - Tag - AWS Senseihttps://aws-sensei.cloud/tags/websocket/WebSocket - Tag - AWS SenseiHugo -- gohugo.ioenMon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200Real-Time Comments in the Blog — with WebSocket API Gateway, Lambda and DynamoDBhttps://aws-sensei.cloud/posts/2026-04-20-realtime-chat/Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200Marcelhttps://aws-sensei.cloud/posts/2026-04-20-realtime-chat/🔊 Voiced by Amazon Polly Static blogs have a problem: no interaction. Comment systems like Disqus exist, but they load third-party JavaScript, track visitors, and never quite fit the blog’s look. My solution: build a custom real-time comment section directly on AWS. The result is the widget at the bottom of this post — you can try it out right now. The Architecture Browser ←→ WebSocket API Gateway ←→ Lambda ←→ DynamoDB The key difference from a regular REST widget: WebSocket.