Build custom protocols with Ranch and msgpack

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Shows how to implement a simple custom network protocol in Erlang using Ranch for connection handling and MessagePack (msgpack) for binary serialization. Explains why msgpack is a lightweight, cross-platform alternative to HTTP for sending small amounts of data and demonstrates building and connecting two systems with a Ranch-based server and msgpack-encoded messages.

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