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Your web app but good: Aaron Boodman (Local-First Conf)

Local-First Conf · talk · Watch on YouTube

Web developmentSoftware architecture & designDatabases & storage

What it is

Aaron Boodman of Replicache asks why sync engines have not yet fixed web app complexity and what is missing for them to go mainstream. The talk lays out the ideas that led to the Zero sync engine.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited in sync-engine threads as the origin story for Zero and for hybrid local and remote queries.

  • 1 people recommended it
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  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2024, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “wholeheartedly recommend this wonderful talk about the thoughts that led to this”

    Thinking that led to the Zero sync engine

    trosterud, 2024-12 · Strong recommendation · in “Day Zero – Build Good Web Apps with the Zero Sync Engine”

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Topics: local-first, zero, replicache, sync, web apps

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