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Build a Realtime Chat App in 5 Minutes with PocketBase Cloud + React

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

A tutorial shows how to create a live chat app using PocketBase Cloud for backend and React for frontend, with realtime updates via SSE. The setup takes about 5 minutes and requires no server configuration or WebSocket code. The free tier of PocketBase Cloud is sufficient for the demo.

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The tutorial is a practical demonstration of PocketBase's ease of use, but the '5 minutes' claim assumes familiarity with the tools and no troubleshooting.
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