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@r-zig r-zig commented May 10, 2025

This PR implements the simple chat application as per your request.
You can view a demo video of the working solution here:
Example Server and Clients

I chose to use QUIC for transport and Protobuf for encoding. During this process, I also created a separate crate for handling Protobuf streams, which provides a mechanism to recover when incoming data is out of sync. The messages are encoded with a length delimiter. You can find the crate here:
Protobuf Stream

The server is implemented using Actix to ensure optimal performance and minimal contention.

The GitHub Actions workflow successfully runs the tests. However, I encountered an issue with the client that only occurs in the CI environment. Since I was unable to resolve this problem in time, I decided to submit the PR as is to avoid further delays.

r-zig added 30 commits April 30, 2025 14:17
…client logic.

Includes:
- `server` and `client` libraries
- `server-cli` and `client-cli` binaries
Each CLI depends on its corresponding library.

This is the base skeleton for future development.
remove common
remove certificates
change default server listening address to ipv4 localhost instead of ipv6
send messages with encoded length
receiver stream handling with typed ProtobufStreamError and recoverable approach
Signed-off-by: r-zig <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: r-zig <[email protected]>
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