--- title: Best Programming Digest posts — October 2024 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Programming Digest posts from October 2024, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/programmingdigest/best-of/2024/10 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/programmingdigest/best-of/2024/10 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Programming Digest posts — October 2024 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Programming Digest posts from October 2024, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of Programming Digest — October 2024 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/how-discord-reduced-websocket-traffic-by-40--kwyl3oeos "How Discord Reduced Websocket Traffic by 40%") Article Programming Digest · 2y How Discord Reduced Websocket Traffic by 40% Discord achieved a 40% reduction in websocket traffic through two key optimizations: switching from zlib to zstandard compression on their gateway service for better performance and compression ratios, and refining their passive sessions system to send only delta updates rather than full snapshots, thereby minimizing redundant data transfer. 117 [See all Programming Digest archives](/sources/programmingdigest/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/programmingdigest/best-of/2024/10#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/programmingdigest/best-of/2024/10","name":"Best Programming Digest Posts — October 2024","description":"The most upvoted Programming Digest posts from October 2024, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/programmingdigest/best-of/2024/10#items","numberOfItems":1,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-discord-reduced-websocket-traffic-by-40--kwyl3oeos","name":"How Discord Reduced Websocket Traffic by 40%"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Programming Digest","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/programmingdigest"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/programmingdigest/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"October 2024"}]}]} ```