# Websockets Are Not Magical

DevFeed: [Websockets Are Not Magical](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/websockets-are-not-magical-33411.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://timkellogg.me/blog/2015/03/01/websockets-are-not-magic>)

Published: 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Tim Kellogg](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tim-kellogg.md>)

Topics: [WebSocket](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/websocket.md>), [Internet of things](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/iot.md>), [Protocol (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/protocol.md>), [Art-Net](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/art-net.md>)

Tags: [internet-of-things](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/internet-of-things.md>), [misconceptions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/misconceptions.md>), [protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/protocol.md>), [tcp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tcp.md>), [udp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/udp.md>), [websockets](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/websockets.md>)

## AI overview

This commentary examines misconceptions about WebSockets, especially their use in the Internet of Things. It explains that WebSockets add framing overhead, are message-oriented, and provide TCP delivery guarantees and congestion control while avoiding TCP's stream orientation.

## Source excerpt

A couple months ago I was talking to a high-ranking engineer from an embedded RTOS vendor. He was insisting that websockets are going to be one of the most important standards for the Internet of Things. Unfortunately, the conversation was cut short too soon for me to get a better understanding of his reasons.