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Re:Lies I was told about collab editing, Part 1: Algorithms ... by joakims on Monday December 09, 2024 @07:39AM (#42365722)
I think it's just a UX problem. Once that is solved, which I believe is definitely possible, both CRDTs and git can be made much more user friendly. I'm not saying it's easy, because it hasn't been solved yet, but I don't think the right people have been working on it. UX is the domain of designers, not engineers.
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Re:Lies I was told about collab editing, Part 1: Algorithms ... by hinkley on Monday December 09, 2024 @01:01PM (#42368589)
I think we are sitting at about 75% on one of those problems that will go asymptotic at 90%.

And that’s if you swap the default diff algorithm for one of the optional ones. I’ve used patience for years but someone tweaked it and called it “histogram” when I wasn’t looking.

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