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Pretty interesting tech.

For anyone curious as to what local-first means, this is an architecture where APIs and state transfer protocols like REST / GraphQL are replaced by a local copy of the database.

Their thesis is that APIs that can only be consumed over the network will inherently be slower than the super low latency of a local database.

ElectricSQL handles the syncing of local databases and transparently resolves any conflicts that may arise to a central Postgres database (in the cloud).

You can read more about use cases they can serve as a drop-in replacement for: https://electric-sql.com/docs/intro/real-world



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