🧑‍💬 Chat Buddy - Real-Time Chat Application

This is a lightweight real-time chat application built using raw WebSockets with Node.js and TypeScript. The system is designed to manage dynamic chat rooms and provides a voting mechanism for messages.

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🚀 Features

• 🔧 Admin Features:

  • Create chat rooms with:
    • Custom name
    • Start time
    • Cool down time
    • Open/Close control

• 👥 User Features:

  • Join rooms and participate in real-time chat
  • Send and receive messages live
  • Upvote messages to mark importance

• 📈 Message Promotion:

  • Messages with >3 upvotes → moved to a "highlighted" section
  • Messages with >10 upvotes → admin gets notified

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• Node.js for server-side logic
• WebSocket for real-time communication
• TypeScript for type-safe development
• Webpack for bundling
• Karma + Jasmine for testing
• Zod for runtime schema validation
• Docker for containerization

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