Ctesiphon — Messaging Application using .NET Core , Redis and Websockets

Introduction

Ever since i started playing online games in middle-school back in 2003 i have been using messaging applications in order to communicate with my peers. The first such application which in time became ubiquitous was Skype.

While gaming was the main dish — i still remember the countless hours spent playing Warcraft 3 , Cs 1.6 , Dota etc — we were also using it to chat , have some after school fun and also discuss homeworks , share ideas etc.

Years after completely abandoning gaming and joining the developers guild , dabbling for some time in areas such…