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Sync engines are poised to revolutionize the way we handle data in web development by collapsing the database and server into a single entity. This approach simplifies the tech stack, ensuring data is consistently synchronized and reducing dependency on traditional database servers. This essay discusses the complexities of data synchronization, the limitations of existing tools like SQL, and the potential of sync engines to streamline backend and frontend operations.

Sync Engines are the Future

there’s also headless cms-es which gained popularity at some point, however things like that can only take you so far. Similar with vibe coding, at one point you simply have to build your software properly

Looks promising I agree with Elyes. As software architect I have trouble understanding : how you intend to do this new DB generation if this is not top secret? I am too anchored into CAP theorem because of experience (relational, object, key-value…).

I’m not sure about Tailwind collapsing JS and CSS. It’s more like HTML and CSS. Tailwind is not concerned with JS at all.

I don’t get it.
The browser has a database and the deltas are sync’d with the server?
How do you stop the user manually making malicious edits to their local db and them being sync’d up to the server?