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React Helsinki February 2020

Fraktio · talk · Watch on YouTube

Web developmentSoftware architecture & designDistributed systems

What it is

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 Hacker News recommends it

Cited as the explanation of how Linear's fast, locally synced UI works.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “I remember watching an early video of their founder explaining the architecture in more detail”

    Linear founder explains the sync architecture in detail.

    lewisl9029, 2022-10 · Recommendation · in “The Future of the Web Is on the Edge”

  2. “Linear's write ups / talks on real-time sync are also very good, if a bit old now.”

    Linear's talks on real-time sync are very good.

    seereadhack, 2025-08 · Recommendation · in “How Figma’s multiplayer technology works (2019)”

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

Topics: linear, sync engine, local-first, graphql, web apps

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