i want so badly to be able to write plain js+css+html pages that talk to a simple api that allows for realtime interaction, of both the "everyone on the site right now" and the "invite your friend to a room" varieties. i wanted this so bad that i spent a year making my own and it kinda worked but i also kinda burnt out on it, and it doesn't do everything you'd hope for, or be usable by anyone but me.