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CRDTs and the Quest for Distributed Consistency

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Distributed systemsAlgorithms & data structures

What it is

Martin Kleppmann's QCon London 2018 talk on keeping data consistent in distributed systems without a central leader. It surveys CRDT algorithms for syncing devices and collaborative editing over peer-to-peer networks.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Strongly recommended as a clear, accessible survey of the CRDT landscape.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 3 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2020

What HN commenters said

  1. “Recently saw a fantastic intermediate talk on this subject”

    Intermediate talk on CRDTs leading to automerge

    hardwaresofton, 2018-10 · Strong recommendation · in “Lessons learned from creating a real-time collaborative rich-text editor”

  2. “I also highly recommend the talk”

    Clear accessible survey of the CRDT landscape

    raphlinus, 2019-06 · Strong recommendation · in “Creating a Collaborative Editor”

  3. “I especially like this one”

    Kleppmann talk on CRDTs and distributed consistency

    syspec, 2020-07 · Strong recommendation · in “Summary: Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: crdt, distributed systems, collaborative editing, martin kleppmann, consistency, local-first

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