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Scaling the Linear Sync Engine

Linear · talk · Watch on YouTube

Web developmentDistributed systemsSoftware architecture & design

What it is

A Linear engineer talks about scaling the company's sync engine, which keeps client data local and synchronized. It follows an earlier talk on the same system.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended whenever local-first software, sync engines and CRDT alternatives come up, as a practical production account.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2023, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “Another interesting video I recommend on this topic is about Linear's "Sync Engine”

    Linear's sync engine using local-first techniques

    YousefED, 2023-10 · Recommendation · in “Local-first software: You own your data, in spite of the cloud (2019)”

  2. “This talk by Karri about Linear's "sync engine" is also a good watch”

    Talk about Linear's sync engine by Karri

    saqadri, 2023-11 · Recommendation · in “You don't need a CRDT to build a collaborative experience”

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Topics: linear, local-first, sync engine, real-time collaboration, web architecture

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