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Re:Why Local-First Apps Haven't Become Popular? by appreciatorBus on Monday September 22, 2025 @10:58PM (#45342332)
In Google Workspace, rooms are resources with calendars that can be configured to auto accept any invitation unless they’ve already booked. So it’s basically first come first serve. Even if two people are literally trying to book the room, at the same time, simultaneously, one request will go through first and will be accepted and the second will be declined. I imagine outlook is similar.
Re:Why Local-First Apps Haven't Become Popular? by yccs27 on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @03:29AM (#45343887)
In other words, Google sacrifices availability/latency here - they don't accept the request until they can be sure it's still available.
Re:Why Local-First Apps Haven't Become Popular? by coldtea on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @07:33AM (#45345545)
They can accept the request (accept as in receive for processing).

They just can't send the acknowledgement of "succesfully booked" yet.