An evening with Martin Kleppmann

Hi folks,

We're grateful to have another (famous) speaker join our meetups lineup. This time we're happy to have Martin Kleppmann, probably most known for his bestselling O'Reilly book “Designing Data-Intensive Applications”. The lovely folks at Vio.com are hosting and sponsoring this event.

|> Location: Vio.com Headquarters at Nieuwe Looiersdwarsstraat 9

|> Important notes:

It might have been a while since you been to an in person event, but don't let it hold you back from attending, it will be worth it ;). Make sure you read through our Code of Conduct so everyone enjoys our events. You'll find it at: GitHub . If you're not feeling well, please stay at home, there will be more opportunity to attend. Sharing is caring, except when it comes to illness ;)

|> Schedule:

18:30 - 19:15 Walk in time, socializing & eating some 🍕
19:10 - 20:00 Creating Local-First Collaboration Software with Automerge - Martin Kleppmann
20:00 - 22:00 Lightning talks, socializing

|> Talks:

Title: Creating Local-First Collaboration Software with Automerge

Summary: Many of us use collaboration software such as Google Docs, Overleaf, Figma, or Trello every day. While this cloud software is very valuable, it is also fragile: if the company providing it goes out of business, or decides to suspend your account, the software stops working, and you are locked out of all of the documents and data you ever created with that software.

Local-first software is an effort to make collaboration software less dependent on cloud services, and Automerge is an open-source library for realising local-first software. Automerge uses Conflict-free Replicated Data Types (CRDTs) to allow several users to concurrently update a file, and it automatically merges those updates into a consistent result. It provides data formats for efficiently storing this data and syncing it between users. It seamlessly supports both offline work and live real-time collaboration while users are online.
This talk will introduce our recent research on CRDTs, and provide an update on the latest developments in Automerge.

Martin Kleppmann is a researcher, software developer, entrepreneur, and author of the bestselling O'Reilly book “Designing Data-Intensive Applications”

Martin is currently working to start a research group on local-first software, at Munich, Germany. Previously, he was a software engineer and entrepreneur, co-founding and selling two startups, and working on large-scale data infrastructure at LinkedIn. He is also passionate about training, sharing knowledge and giving consultations to several software startups, advising on "big data"-related technologies and application architecture.