Stephen Blum

CTO, PubNub

How We Halved Our Latency by Rewriting Presence Service API in Rust
Product UpdatesFeb 26, 2025

How We Halved Our Latency by Rewriting Presence Service API in Rust

Learn more about how we’ve improved our Presence Service by rewriting the architecture in Rust and how we are continuing to reduce our global memory and CPU consumption.
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Stephen Blum
Optimize Fan Engagement with Real-Time Sentiment Analysis
Live StreamingFeb 17, 2025

Optimize Fan Engagement with Real-Time Sentiment Analysis

Real-time sentiment analysis can transform fan engagement when watching sports, media, or live entertainment
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Stephen Blum
Using AI Models on PubNub with HuggingFace API
AIApr 24, 2024

Using AI Models on PubNub with HuggingFace API

PubNub Functions JavaScript issues HTTP requests to communicate with the HuggingFace API, sending text inputs and receiving AI results.
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Stephen Blum
Build a Collaborative Text Editor ReactJS and CRDT
Apr 16, 2024

Build a Collaborative Text Editor ReactJS and CRDT

How to Build a Collaborative Real-time Text Editor using ReactJS and YJS CRDTs (Conflict Free Replicated Data Types)
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Stephen Blum
Supply Chain with Real-time APIs and Generative AI
Transport & LogisticsMar 24, 2024

Supply Chain with Real-time APIs and Generative AI

Real-time APIs can be used to enhance supply chain and distribution networks.
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Stephen Blum
HTTP/3 Maintains a Consistent Connection ID
Mar 19, 2024

HTTP/3 Maintains a Consistent Connection ID

The connection ID isn't dependent on IP addresses. It remains persistent even as users switch between different networks such as 5G and Wi-Fi.
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Stephen Blum
What is AWS SNS? SNS vs Competitors | PubNub
Mar 11, 2024

What is AWS SNS? SNS vs Competitors | PubNub

This blog post looks at the differences between PubNub and Amazon SNS for publish/subscribe and sending/routing data.
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Stephen Blum
The exciting world of Rust + ARM processors
Feb 20, 2024

The exciting world of Rust + ARM processors

PubNub has taken optimizing our systems efficiency a step further by migrating our applications to Rust.
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Stephen Blum
Installing PubNub Kafka Sink Connector
Real-TimeJan 29, 2024

Installing PubNub Kafka Sink Connector

Sending message to web browsers and mobile phones from Kafka topics is easy with the PubNub Kafka Sink Connector.
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Stephen Blum