Kelly Mears

KnowledgeDomain

Networks & Distribution

Coordination without a centre.

Notes
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Within this domain
10
To other domains
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This domain, and what it touches

Knowledge graph: 18 notes, 26 links.Each dot is a note, sized by how many links it has and coloured by topic. Focus or hover a dot to isolate it and its neighbours; activate it to open the note. The graph is a single tab stop: use the arrow keys to move between notes, Home and End for the most and least linked, Enter to open the focused note, and Escape to leave the graph.DeterminismTool UseServer-Side RenderingReact Server ComponentsIslands ArchitectureObservabilityAgentic LoopIdempotenceLazy LoadingCache InvalidationModel Context ProtocolCritical Rendering PathStreaming ResponseEventual ConsistencyConflict-Free Replicated Data TypePeer-to-PeerSignaling ServerWebRTC

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The notes

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Streaming Response

Delivering a response incrementally as it is produced rather than all at once when complete.

Networks & Distribution9 connections

Eventual Consistency

A guarantee that replicas converge given no further updates, without guaranteeing when.

Networks & Distribution7 connections

Conflict-Free Replicated Data Type

A data structure whose replicas can be edited independently and always converge without coordination.

Networks & Distribution5 connections

Peer-to-Peer

An architecture where participants communicate directly rather than through a central server.

Networks & Distribution5 connections

Signaling Server

The small coordination service peers use to find each other before connecting directly.

Networks & Distribution5 connections

WebRTC

The browser standard for direct peer connections carrying audio, video, and arbitrary data.

Networks & Distribution5 connections