Anselm Eickhoff (Jazz) - Oops, my sync engine has become a database
Most sync engines are an extra layer between clients and databases. But why couldn't data sync entirely replace databases and most of a typical backend? We've been building a framework to prove that for 5+ years, but realised that we're just re-inventing the parts that make up a database. In this talk, we show you how embracing this has helped us provide new takes on must-have database features, resulting in a general-purpose tool that is more distributed (with multi-region/offline reads & writes and high fault tolerance) and more composable than traditional databases (letting you trade off properties like low-latency eventual consistency vs MVCC-style global transactionality on a per-collection basis), while providing entirely new features like granular data branching, collaborative rich-text datatypes, role-based permissions and end-to-end encryption. You'll also see how you can still adopt it server-side-first, like a traditional database - with real-time streaming and local-first client-side use as opt-in optimisations. ---- Software UX, DX, and AX are all being redefined and reinvented as we speak. The next generation of products are being built on sync engines and local-first architectures, enabling realtime collaboration between humans and agents. Learn from developers at the world's leading startups on how they use these technologies. Find out what you and your team need to know in building category-defining products. -- Join our discord! / discord --- Subscribe for more talks: @localfirstconf Follow: https://x.com/sync_conf Visit: https://syncconf.dev/ --- Thanks to our wonderful sponsors: Cloudflare - https://workers.cloudflare.com/ PowerSync - https://www.powersync.com/ Jazz - https://jazz.tools/ Ditto - https://www.ditto.com/ VAPI - https://vapi.ai/ tldraw - https://www.tldraw.com/ Convex - https://www.convex.dev/ Neon - https://neon.com/ Daytona - https://www.daytona.io/ --- Thanks to https://moat-studio.com/ & https://www.kurtelavideo.com/ for the videos!

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