[Integration] Supabase Integration for Real-time Chat

[TanyaaCJain]

Integrate Real-time Chat Functionality with Supabase

Overview

To leverage real-time capabilities for our chat functionality, we need to integrate with Supabase, which will manage chat sessions and messages dynamically.

Goals

• Real-time Data Handling: Utilize Supabase for managing chat data in real-time.
• Enhance Chat Component: Refactor chat component to handle real-time updates efficiently.

Tasks

• [x] Remove deprecated message handling functions in api.ts.
• [x] Refactor chat.tsx to utilize Supabase services.
• [x] Implement new Redux slices for chat state management.

Impact

Integrating Supabase will significantly improve the chat system's performance and scalability, supporting a higher volume of users and messages.

Constructive feedback on data handling strategies and performance optimization is encouraged.

[TanyaaCJain]

Refactor in PR #50 as a consequence of PR #30