[HN Gopher] Conflict-free replicated datatypes solve distributed...
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Conflict-free replicated datatypes solve distributed data
consistency challenges
Author : stichers
Score : 53 points
Date : 2021-10-28 13:17 UTC (9 hours ago)
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| agravier wrote:
| I did a bit of work on the topic (which remains preliminary),
| trying to reinvent the wheel a little bit and also implementing a
| naive (but correct) LWW-graph structure, and I doing some light
| thinking around applications [1]. There is one potential
| application of conflict-free distributed graphs like this that
| would interest me to further study: distributed SLAM in robotic
| swarms. I would be happy to pair with someone with access and
| know-how around the right simulation environments to work
| together.
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| [1] https://github.com/agravier/crdt-study
| cloudkilla wrote:
| https://github.com/ipfs/go-ds-crdt
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| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29028787
| stichers wrote:
| If you were wondering why there's another post about CRDTs here
| on hacker news, so soon after this one
| (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28998767) I can answer
| that.
|
| As I was finishing up the blog post above, I started speculating
| on whether HN was interested in the topic. And what kind of
| feedback it would get, if so.
|
| My experiment with Nikita's list of CRDTs resources was
| instructive, to say the least, particularly as I'm something of a
| noob here.
|
| So this time I've made sure that:
|
| - the post works on mobile (well, as much as I can be sure) -
| I've spelled out the TLA (FLA?) in the title - the article is
| more than a list. It's much more.
|
| I look forward to the discussion this time!
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