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Re:Jazz – Apps with Distributed State by s17n on Tuesday October 08, 2024 @02:11AM (#41774267)
The first question I have when I visit the site is, how is this different from Firebase?
Re:Jazz – Apps with Distributed State by theanzelm on Tuesday October 08, 2024 @04:46AM (#41775102)
On a high level, it solves a similar problem: a full backend so you mostly only have to write a frontend.

But Jazz does so in a completely different (local-first) way: it implements shared state on top of CRDTs and implements user identity and permissions based on public-key cryptography. This means you can create, store and share data from the client (even while offline) while still benefitting from cloud storage and real-time sync between devices and users by default.