Stateless WebSockets? Yes — Using API Gateway + DynamoDB

WebSockets and "stateless" feel like a contradiction. A WebSocket is a persistent, stateful connection — the server holds a socket open per client, and your broadcasting logic depends on knowing exactly which process owns which connection. That's the assumption this article dismantles. Using AWS API Gateway WebSocket API , DynamoDB , and Lambda , you can build real-time systems — chat, live dashboards, multiplayer games — where no server holds any connection state. Every handler is a stateless f