Aaron Boodman - Replicache and Zero, Building Sync Engines for the Web

This week we talk to Aaron Boodman, a founder of Rocicorp, the company behind Replicache and Zero. They have been innovating in the sync engine space for years and have been working on Zero for a while now. Zero is a sync engine that is designed to be a general purpose sync engine for the web with a focus on DX and UX. https://rocicorp.dev/ https://replicache.dev/ https://zero.rocicorp.dev/ https://x.com/aboodman https://aaronboodman.com/ Apply to sponsor the podcast: https://devtools.fm/sponsor Become a paid subscriber our patreon, spotify, or apple podcasts for the ad-free episode. https://www.patreon.com/devtoolsfm https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/devtoolsfm/subscribe https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/devtools-fm/id1566647758 https://www.youtube.com/@devtoolsfm/membership 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:29 The Importance of Sync Engines 00:06:44 Replicache 00:11:52 Ad 00:12:11 Partial Sync in Zero 00:13:56 ZQL: The Query Language for Zero 00:21:11 Building Applications with Zero 00:28:57 Incremental View Maintenance Explained 00:35:11 Challenges in Building Sync Engines 00:40:46 Zero's SaaS Product Offering 00:42:59 Roadmap to Beta and Beyond 00:45:41 Conclusion and Final Thoughts