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Sync Conf @syncconf.bsky.social · 2d

It was agonizing to choose from among the 34 excellent submissions, but here are the four talks selected from our CFP process!

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Sync Conf @syncconf.bsky.social · 8d

James Arthur @thruflo.com is building @electric-sql.com, the sync engine behind @tanstack.com and @elixir-lang.org. At Sync Conf 2025, he’ll kick things off with an intro on why sync matters for AI apps and agentic systems, including a demo of sync-based software in action.

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Adam Wiggins @adamwiggins.bsky.social · Sep 4

Sync seems to be having a moment among web developers!

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localfirst.fm @localfirst.fm · Sep 2

Our second #special is out.

Following the great success of @localfirstconf.com in Berlin, we're excited to share more about the vision for SyncConf 2025 in SF.

Full episode links and show notes in the comments.

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sophie alpert @sophiebits.com · Aug 23

I keep getting into conversations with engineers where I talk about how desperately I want my database to support materialized views with incremental updates and too often I get a blank stare in response.

so I wrote a new post about why you should care! sophiebits.com/2025/08/22/m...

Materialized views are obviously useful

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James Arthur @thruflo.com · Aug 19

One day boutique conference for the sync era of the web. Hear from the world's top builders about how to develop systems in the era of agentic software and real-time sync.

Sync Conf @syncconf.bsky.social · Aug 19

Announcing Sync Conf 2025. Join us in SF on Nov 12th.

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Sync Conf @syncconf.bsky.social · Aug 19

Announcing Sync Conf 2025. Join us in SF on Nov 12th.

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James Arthur @thruflo.com · Aug 14

electric-sql.com/demos/burn

Burn | ElectricSQL

Agentic system built on Postgres and a real-time sync stack.

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James Arthur @thruflo.com · Aug 14

For me, as a generalist software engineer, that's really exciting. Because it brings this whole revolution of agentic systems right back into my wheelhouse.

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James Arthur @thruflo.com · Aug 14

There's obviously a lot of work involved in putting those aspects together to create a working agentic product.

However, from an *infra* point of view, there's nothing there that doesn't pattern match to a database, some processes and real-time sync.

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James Arthur @thruflo.com · Aug 14

Instructing LLMs means sending an instruction to an LLM. Agentic memory is where you store data that those instructions are based on. Retrieval is the ability to query that data. Context engineering retrieves and formats the right information to send in the instruction.

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James Arthur @thruflo.com · Aug 14

Agents are essentially processes that instruct LLMs to make tool calls.

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James Arthur @thruflo.com · Aug 14

LangChain, vector databases, instruction routing, specialized memory stores.

You'd be forgiven for thinking you need a whole new stack to build agentic systems. However, that isn't actually the case: electric-sql.com/blog/2025/08...

Bringing agents back down to earth | ElectricSQL

Agentic AI, beneath all the hype, is actually just normal software. You can build agentic systems with a database, standard web tooling and real-time sync.

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James Arthur @thruflo.com · Aug 14

Agentic AI, beneath all the hype, is actually just normal software. You can build agentic systems with a database, standard web tooling and real-time sync.

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Andre Landgraf @andrelandgraf.com · Aug 7

I'm sure if it weren’t for AI, the web dev community would be talking a lot more about sync engines and TanStack DB right now.

I just published a short video + blog post to share why I’m so excited about TanStack DB and ElectricSQL!

youtu.be/OKHYUISDYmk

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Neon - Serverless Postgres @neon.com · Aug 7

TanStack DB with Sync provides an exciting new way to add end-to-end reactivity to your web applications, including optimistic UI updates. 🧵

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ElectricSQL @electric-sql.com · Aug 4

ElectricSQL recently completed a 120-day reliability sprint. Our one goal: make our sync engine so boring-reliable you stop thinking about it and just build.

We chased every incident, fixed every user-reported bug, and made unglamorous work our priority. 🧵

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James Arthur @thruflo.com · Jul 29

I know I wrote the blog post but holy fuck this is good.

ElectricSQL @electric-sql.com · Jul 29

Paired with Electric, TanStack DB provides an optimal end-to-end sync stack for local-first app development.

electric-sql.com/blog/2025/07...

Local-first sync with TanStack DB and Electric | ElectricSQL

Tanstack DB is a reactive client store for building super fast apps on sync. Paired with Electric, it provides an optimal end-to-end sync stack for local-first app development.

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ElectricSQL @electric-sql.com · Jul 29

Paired with Electric, TanStack DB provides an optimal end-to-end sync stack for local-first app development.

electric-sql.com/blog/2025/07...

Local-first sync with TanStack DB and Electric | ElectricSQL

Tanstack DB is a reactive client store for building super fast apps on sync. Paired with Electric, it provides an optimal end-to-end sync stack for local-first app development.

electric-sql.com

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ElectricSQL @electric-sql.com · Jul 29

Tanstack DB is a reactive client store for building super fast apps on sync.

Based on a TypeScript implementation of differential dataflow, it's type-safe, declarative, incrementally adoptable and insanely fast.

Kyle Mathews @kyle.bricolage.io · Jul 29

TanStack DB is now in BETA!

We’ve been working on TanStack DB, an embedded, reactive client database for TanStack Query, and are proud to announce today that with the 0.1 release that it's now in BETA!

tanstack.com/blog/tanstac...

Stop Re-Rendering — TanStack DB, the Embedded Client Database for TanStack Query | TanStack Blog

Your React dashboard shouldn't grind to a halt just because one TODO turns from ☐ to ☑. Yet every optimistic update still kicks off a cascade of re-renders, filters, useMemos and spinner flashes. If y...

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Sam Willis @samwillis.uk · Jul 29

Very excited to have reached the Beta milestone with @tanstack.com DB 🚀🎉
It’s been a privilege to work with @tannerlinsley.com and the team on building this, absolute rock stars!

Kyle Mathews @kyle.bricolage.io · Jul 29

TanStack DB is now in BETA!

We’ve been working on TanStack DB, an embedded, reactive client database for TanStack Query, and are proud to announce today that with the 0.1 release that it's now in BETA!

tanstack.com/blog/tanstac...

Stop Re-Rendering — TanStack DB, the Embedded Client Database for TanStack Query | TanStack Blog

Your React dashboard shouldn't grind to a halt just because one TODO turns from ☐ to ☑. Yet every optimistic update still kicks off a cascade of re-renders, filters, useMemos and spinner flashes. If y...

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Kyle Mathews @kyle.bricolage.io · Jul 29

TanStack DB is now in BETA!

We’ve been working on TanStack DB, an embedded, reactive client database for TanStack Query, and are proud to announce today that with the 0.1 release that it's now in BETA!

tanstack.com/blog/tanstac...

Stop Re-Rendering — TanStack DB, the Embedded Client Database for TanStack Query | TanStack Blog

Your React dashboard shouldn't grind to a halt just because one TODO turns from ☐ to ☑. Yet every optimistic update still kicks off a cascade of re-renders, filters, useMemos and spinner flashes. If y...

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Ivan Reese @spiralganglion.com · Jul 23

Rare opportunity! Come work at Ink & Switch. Help us make Automerge the best substrate for experimental programming tools and production software alike.

Ink & Switch @inkandswitch.com · Jul 23

Do you write TypeScript? Enjoy Automerge? Love building both tools and community? You might be a great fit for our ✨new✨ Automerge TypeScript Maintainer role!

www.inkandswitch.com/jobs/automer...

(Remote role, 🇬🇧 UK-based preferred but not required)

Automerge TypeScript Maintainer

Industrial research lab working on digital tools for creativity and productivity

www.inkandswitch.com

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Dominik 🔮 @tkdodo.eu · Jul 18

Never thought I'd see that day, but thanks to AI, @tanstack.com react-query now has, for the first time ever, more downloads than react-redux 🤯

@tanstack/react-query: 10,552,149
react-redux: 10,548,437

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James Arthur @thruflo.com · Jul 3

That's what's covered in this video☝️

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