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Chris Nicholas @chrisnicholas.dev · 9d

Speed up @liveblocks.io rooms with our new API.

The `prewarmRoom` methods speeds up connecting to a room for the next 10 seconds. Trigger it when a user hovers over a room link and it'll load quicker!

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Liveblocks @liveblocks.io · 13d

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Why we built our AI agents on WebSockets instead of HTTP | Liveblocks blog

Building our AI Copilots product taught us where HTTP breaks down, and how WebSockets can keep agents in sync without extra layers of infrastructure.

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Liveblocks @liveblocks.io · 13d

Why we built our AI agents on WebSockets instead of HTTP.

Learn how HTTP streaming breaks down with multi-tab sessions, long-running tasks, real-time UI feedback, and how WebSockets help solve this.

Read our article ↓

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Chris Nicholas @chrisnicholas.dev · 13d

Liveblocks uses WebSockets to power our AI instead of HTTP, enabling multi-tab streaming, real-time updates, and more. You can see below how everything keeps streaming in, no matter if you change page, tab, or even reload.

Our team have written up why they chose WebSockets ↓

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Chris Nicholas @chrisnicholas.dev · 25d

Streaming AI generated code into an editor ✨

To make this work I'm calculating the line/character at the end of each chunk, and adding highlights in the editor. Then I'm merging the stream into the previous code so it doesn't start empty!

Uses by @liveblocks.io.

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Liveblocks @liveblocks.io · 25d

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What's new in Liveblocks: August 2025 | Liveblocks blog

We've released improvements to AI Copilots, including streaming AI tool results, partial markdown streaming, and new APIs for copilots. Additionally, we've added a new Comments option, and have implemented SAML SSO, directory sync, and MFA for Enterprise customers.

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Liveblocks @liveblocks.io · 25d

What's new in Liveblocks → August 2025

• Stream tool results into your app, enabling real-time document updates.
• Edit copilots, knowledge, prompts, programatically with new APIs.
• SAML SSO, MFA, directory sync, for Enterprise customers.

Plus even more ↓

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Liveblocks @liveblocks.io · 27d

Which vector database should you use for your AI product?

A comprehensive comparison of vector databases, based on our research while developing AI Copilots. Explore 11 options, including Turbopuffer, Pinecone, Qdrant, pgvector.

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What's the best vector database for building AI products? | Liveblocks blog

Vector databases are the backbone of retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), a key technique enabling modern AI products to deliver accurate, context-aware answers from private data. This is our comprehensive comparison of leading vector databases, including Turbopuffer, Pinecone, Qdrant, pgvector, and many more.

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Liveblocks @liveblocks.io · Sep 10

Learn about more new features in our latest changelog.

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Week 36 changelog | Liveblocks

Changelog for Week 36

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Liveblocks @liveblocks.io · Sep 10

v3.6.0: See when <AiChat /> is querying your knowledge.

When editing your copilot, you can submit websites & documents that your AI can query. Our component now tells you when it's searching through these and what it searched for.

Searches support query rewriting & can run multiple times in a row.

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Liveblocks @liveblocks.io · Aug 29

Learn more in our latest blog post.

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Mock up AI agents in your product with the Liveblocks Collaboration Kit for Figma | Liveblocks blog

The updated Liveblocks Collaboration Kit for Figma now includes new AI Copilots components helping you prototype complete AI and collaborative experiences.

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Liveblocks @liveblocks.io · Aug 29

Prototype AI agents inside your app, with our updated @figma.com kit.

Each Figma component corresponds to a real React component, allowing you to create pixel perfect designs that can easily transform into real apps.

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Liveblocks @liveblocks.io · Aug 15

This option is available when creating your copilot in the dashboard.

We've made a number of small improvements to all of our products this week—learn more in our changelog.

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Week 33 changelog | Liveblocks

Changelog for Week 33

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Liveblocks @liveblocks.io · Aug 15

You can now control when back-end knowledge activates in AI Copilots, making your AI quicker when you don't need it, and more intelligent when you do.

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Chris Nicholas @chrisnicholas.dev · Aug 14

I've built an AI web browser!

AI chats are way better with context—now you can see exactly where info comes from, trust it, and dig deeper. It'll auto-redirect, open tabs, and fetch pages for you.

How it works + code ↓

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Liveblocks @liveblocks.io · Aug 8

We've also enabled a number of other features this week, such as updating our AI hooks and adding improved customizability to text editor comment composers.

Learn more in our changelog.

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Week 32 changelog | Liveblocks

Changelog for Week 32

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Liveblocks @liveblocks.io · Aug 8

v3.3.0: New “Show more replies” option in threads.

Choose how many replies should be visible before a “show more” button appears. You can also select which messages should show: oldest, newest, or a balance.

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Chris Nicholas @chrisnicholas.dev · Aug 7

Notion's AI can answer questions on any document you've created.

But I have 1,000s of documents in my Notion—you can't put all these pages inside an AI prompt. How did they make it work?

It's more interesting than you think ↓

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Liveblocks @liveblocks.io · Aug 5

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What’s new in Liveblocks: July 2025 | Liveblocks blog

We’ve released a number of improvements to AI Copilots, including new ways to submit knowledge sources, better scroll behavior, and the ability to customize markdown components.

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Liveblocks @liveblocks.io · Aug 5

This July, adding advanced AI to your app got even easier.

• Submit whole websites to your AI knowledge base
• Polished scroll behavior, improving readability
• AI can use custom markdown components

Learn more ↓

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Chris Nicholas @chrisnicholas.dev · Jul 31

Streaming AI chat messages have introduced a new UX challenge.

In apps like Whatsapp, messages are short and arrive all at once. Pinning messages to the bottom of the chat makes sense—it's expected, and works well for human interactions.

But AI chats are a new paradigm ↓

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Liveblocks @liveblocks.io · Jul 25

v3.2.0: Chats in AI Copilots have improved scroll behavior.

Messages now animate to the top of the scroll window when sent, making it easier to read AI responses as they stream in.

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Liveblocks @liveblocks.io · Jul 25

We've made other changes too, for example you can now customize chat markdown components, for example code blocks and blockquotes.

Learn more in this week's changelog.

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Week 30 changelog | Liveblocks

Changelog for Week 30

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Liveblocks @liveblocks.io · Jul 25

v3.2.0: Chats in AI Copilots have improved scroll behavior.

Messages now animate to the top of the scroll window when sent, making it easier to read AI responses as they stream in.

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Chris Nicholas @chrisnicholas.dev · Jul 24

Book calendar events with natural language!

I've built an AI chat that can book calendar events with front-end tool calling. It can modify events, with a human-in-the-loop confirmation step.

Powered by @haydenbleasel.com's calendar & @liveblocks.io AI Copilots.

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