Reorganized my personal site - hopefully easier to navigate now than when it was a big list of links. mattweidner.com

I'm on the market for a full-time software engineering job post-PhD. Please reach out if you are looking for an expert in collaborative/local-first software techniques! More about me: mattweidner.com

New blog post: Architectures for real-time collaborative apps using a central server. It includes classic CRDT/OT approaches, why those might be overkill, and a classification table for existing apps/tools. mattweidner.com/2024/06/04/ser…

I'm happy to announce that I've joined Common Curriculum (Common Curriculum) as a software developer. It is a collaborative app that helps teachers create their lesson plans, and I am excited to see what we'll get up to!

Launching today "Real-Time Collaboration" in Orca! Thead. 🧵

Johannes is a great host, and this was a fun discussion. Check it out & spread the word about localfirst.fm! The blog post we walk through is mattweidner.com/2024/06/04/ser…

I look forward to talking about some new ideas from my work at Common Curriculum & CMU!

"Collaborative text editing without CRDTs or OT" Awesome talk from Matthew Weidner on how you don't need CRDTs to build collaborative text editing.

Watch Matthew Weidner talk about collaborative text editing without CRDTs or OT. youtu.be/5CFrpd0sG-g?si…