Automerge 3.0 - Hackdot

Re:Automerge 3.0 by dotancohen on Thursday August 07, 2025 @12:32AM (#44820589)

  > there are so many approaches out there right now

I'm almost to the point where I'll need one of these solutions. I'm fleshing out the corner cases now. I'd appreciate if you mention some of the solutions I should be looking at, and the trade offs. I'd also appreciate if you could mention non-obvious pitfalls.

The use case is a voice note aggregation system, the notes are stored on S3 and cached locally to desktops and mobile applications. There are transcriptions, AI summaries, user annotations, and structured metadata associated with each voice note. The application will be used by a single human, but he might not always remember to sync or even have an internet connection when he wants to.

Thank you!

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Re:Automerge 3.0 by pcthrowaway on Thursday August 07, 2025 @09:45AM (#44824398)

If you're building your app for yourself, you likely don't need CRDTs at all.

I don't know much about automerge or other local-first solutions, but a local-first solution that doesn't deal with CRDTs is likely a much better fit for you.

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Re:Automerge 3.0 by dotancohen on Thursday August 07, 2025 @03:52PM (#44829518)

Thank you. I meant that every user will only be interacting with his own files. But yes, they're already are and will be additional users with their own files.

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