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You can use CRDT algorithms with Braid that heal from network partitions transparently, and guarantee strong eventual consistency. Here's an example CRDT algorithm for collaborative text that can handle arbitrary network partitions, and guarantee full eventual consistency, and prune all unnecessary history: https://braid.org/antimatter This algorithm is the first to do so, and happened to be developed in the Braid group. As for scaling, check out JosephG's https://josephg.com/blog/crdts-go-brrr/ CRDT, which scales great, and is thoroughly tested. The Braid protocol is also architected with a new type of OT/CRDT architecture called a Time Machine that lets you do advanced things like apply backpressure through a network to decrease the frequency of updates, which we presented in https://braid.org/meeting-81, and are releasing in the http

We're about to release a new braid-text library: https://github.com/braid-org/braid-text/ https://www.npmjs.com/package/braid-text This is the easiest way to add collaborative editing to a web app. You can add it to any (req, res) handler in your nodejs app. No websocket necessary, since it extends HTTP itself! Plus, it features a new `simpleton` merge-type that requires zero history overhead on the client, and you can implement the client protocol from scratch in just 50 lines of code. There's no reason not to add collaborative editing to every user-editable string in your app now! All the network traffic is just HTTP, with an open, easy-to-read protocol that supports any OT or CRDT (currently defaulting to josephg's Diamond-Types). You can even read and write directly using the Braid-Chrome extension, which adds a devtools