Notion recently added SQLite for client-side caching in the Notion website. We'll talk about how they did this and what issues they had to resolve. Plus, how to influence with data as a software engineer, the history of Rust and more.

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Notion boosted page navigation speed by 20% on its website by implementing client-side caching using SQLite and WebAssembly. They utilized a 'SharedWorker' architecture to handle data writing, resolving issues related to database corruption and slow disk reads. This approach significantly improved user experience without regressing other performance metrics.

How Notion Decreased Latency by 20% with Caching

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<p>Kinda scary honestly to let browsers adjust files on the file system. I’ll make sure to disable this feature off my browsers.</p>
<p>p.s you can disable it in firefox with <code>about:config</code> and then looking for <code>dom.fs.access.enabled</code> key and setting its value to 0</p>
