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title: What is Stateful Serverless? How to Build Real-time Distributed Applications
date: 2021-03-09T15:08:15Z
modified: 2021-03-09T15:08:15Z
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series:
  - What Is - How To
channel:
  - RedMonk Video
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timestamp: 2021-03-09T15:08:15Z
tags:
  - What Is - How To
  - RedMonk Video
---

Kelly Fitzpatrick of RedMonk and Justin Johnson (Product Manager, Macrometa) talk stateful serverless and demo how to build a real-time distributed application on Macrometa’s stateful-serverless platform.

This was a RedMonk video, sponsored by [Macrometa](https://redmonk.com/jgovernor/2020/10/23/new-client-profile-macrometa/). Related resources:

- Sign up for a free [Macrometa dev account](https://auth.paas.macrometa.io/signup)
- Getting started [guide](https://macrometa.dev/quickstart/) (featuring the address book app from the demo)
- Crypto-trading [tutorial](https://macrometa.dev/demos/crypto-trading/) (one of the sample apps from the demo; includes link to source code on GitHub)