THE VIDEO SHELF · real-time sync engines
React Helsinki February 2020
React Helsinki meetup recording featuring a talk on lessons with Apollo GraphQL and Linear co-founder Tuomas Artman on real-time sync for web apps. The sync talk explains Linear's local-first architecture.
Why HN readers recommended it
Cited as the explanation of how Linear's fast, locally synced UI works.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Fraktio
- Topic
- real-time sync engines
- Format
- talk
- Level
- advanced
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2025
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Replicache ( [LINK] ) and clientdb ( [LINK] ) are the only productized versions of this architecture I'm aware of (please do let me know if anyone is aware of others!). But the architecture itself has been used successfully in a bunch of apps, most …
lewisl9029 on Hacker News · 2022-10
In The Future of the Web Is on the EdgeLinear's write ups / talks on real-time sync are also very good, if a bit old now. 1. [VIDEO] 2. [LINK] Also see this overview of related tech here: 3. [LINK] And c.f. automerge from ink & switch: 4. [LINK]
seereadhack on Hacker News · 2025-08
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