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Would appreciate anyone knowledgeable in the field who could provide a "layman's" breakdown of the relative merits of this approach vs OT and CRDTs. I'm afraid

Would appreciate anyone knowledgeable in the field who could provide a "layman's" breakdown of the relative merits of this approach vs OT and CRDTs. I'm afraid it's a bit above my head.

jitl 5y ago
This is a CRDT. I think the first page or so of the paper is very approachable, explaining well the history of these kinds of ideas and the advantages of Chronofold, did you try reading it?
- claytongulick 5y ago
  I read the abstract and was a bit lost, I guess. I took from it that this was a novel "locality" approach that was different than CRDT'S. This is far from my area of expertise, so I guess 'approachable' is relative? Was hoping that (in the fine tradition of HN) someone who knows a lot more about this stuff could chime in. I'd really like to learn some of this for a number of projects I'm working on, and I'm not sure where the best place to direct my focus is. ShareJS is OT based, iirc, and but quill js has some basic support for it too. CRDTs are a bit voodoo to me. This is something else? Sorry if it's a remedial question, would appreciate any advice or insight.
  - cpach 5y ago
    Don’t feel bad for asking questions! IMHO that’s crucial for getting forward and gaining deeper knowledge. If I could answer your question I would but I don’t know this domain well enough (^_^)
- vicda 5y ago
  You say that like they have heard of the acronym CRDT before. Don't let the curse of knowledge be an excuse to be rude to people.
  - misnome 5y ago
    They used the acronym CRDT and explicitly asked for comparisons to it. Don’t let the curse of not reading be an excuse to be rude to people.
AnthonBerg 5y ago
I like this one out of a series of similar papers: https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.01518 https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.01518 Maybe not light reading?, but accessible still.

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Would appreciate anyone knowledgeable in the field who could provide a "layman's" breakdown of the relative merits of this approach vs OT and CRDTs. I'm afraid

by claytongulick 5y ago

Would appreciate anyone knowledgeable in the field who could provide a "layman's" breakdown of the relative merits of this approach vs OT and CRDTs. I'm afraid it's a bit above my head.

jitl 5y ago
This is a CRDT. I think the first page or so of the paper is very approachable, explaining well the history of these kinds of ideas and the advantages of Chronofold, did you try reading it?
- claytongulick 5y ago
  I read the abstract and was a bit lost, I guess. I took from it that this was a novel "locality" approach that was different than CRDT'S. This is far from my area of expertise, so I guess 'approachable' is relative? Was hoping that (in the fine tradition of HN) someone who knows a lot more about this stuff could chime in. I'd really like to learn some of this for a number of projects I'm working on, and I'm not sure where the best place to direct my focus is. ShareJS is OT based, iirc, and but quill js has some basic support for it too. CRDTs are a bit voodoo to me. This is something else? Sorry if it's a remedial question, would appreciate any advice or insight.
  - cpach 5y ago
    Don’t feel bad for asking questions! IMHO that’s crucial for getting forward and gaining deeper knowledge. If I could answer your question I would but I don’t know this domain well enough (^_^)
- vicda 5y ago
  You say that like they have heard of the acronym CRDT before. Don't let the curse of knowledge be an excuse to be rude to people.
  - misnome 5y ago
    They used the acronym CRDT and explicitly asked for comparisons to it. Don’t let the curse of not reading be an excuse to be rude to people.
AnthonBerg 5y ago
I like this one out of a series of similar papers: https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.01518 https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.01518 Maybe not light reading?, but accessible still.