dotJS 2019 - James Long - CRDTs for Mortals
Overview
James Long's dotJS 2019 talk on how CRDTs enable local-first apps and how simple they can be to implement. He shows how to use them to build robust offline-capable frontends.
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Recommended as an approachable introduction to CRDTs and the local-first idea behind apps like Actual.
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Video by dotconferences, played through YouTube.
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