Ditching the Data Center: How to Stop Worrying and Love the Edge
summary
Claim: push full computation to the edge by making programs converge like CRDTs rather than by heavy consensus. The project builds a LASP prototype, proves convergence theorems for state‑based CDTs, implements an observed remove set, and uses hybrid gossip (the plum tree + HyParView style) for dissemination. Measured resilience is striking—connectivity near 99% even with 90% node loss. Early prototypes run efficiently with eventual propagation guarantees and several industry users.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Convergent computation intro
- 1:07Data structures to programs
- 5:27LASP demo
- 5:49Convergent consistency
- 13:32CRDTs role
- 21:11Observed-remove sets
- 23:19Hybrid gossip
- 26:30Future vision
- 29:44Car synchronization parable
- 32:56Conclusion
- 34:40Q&A CRDT usage
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