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#15 – Tuomas Artman: Linear, sync engines, rethought startup MVP

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Complexity of RPC and Sync Engines

  • Handling real-time updates in a multi-user environment with RPC calls can lead to complex edge cases.
  • When an RPC call is in transit, updates from other users can create conflicts and uncertainty about data consistency.
  • Resolving these issues often requires implementing a synchronization mechanism, similar to a queue or a full-fledged sync engine.
  • What seems simple initially, like fetching data with a fetch call, becomes significantly more challenging in a production environment with multiple concurrent users.

This is similar to the complexity of PKM. We expect to need summarization customization, by developers, over time

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