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I'm actually very interested in CRDTs and related approaches, and I've been exploring active research directions in the area, but I'm not sure they share many u

by Twisol 9y ago

I'm actually very interested in CRDTs and related approaches, and I've been exploring active research directions in the area, but I'm not sure they share many usage patterns with data stores like Postgres, which support very general access and update semantics. The primary restriction for anything involving CRDTs is that no operation can "take back" something added by a previous operation, so the data in question can only evolve monotonically. It's great when you can get away with it, but it's unclear how often you can actually get away with it.

marknadal 9y ago
Yes, very true. Kyle Kingsbury was at the conference and I talked to him about this, and his conclusion from his research is that Postgres is still all around the best database out there. Especially if you need to do things that CRDTs aren't yet equipped to handle. Have you made a compilation of your thoughts from the various research you've done? Would love to see them!