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berling — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 13:20:02 +0000

I've approached this problem from a different angle. I thought one could embrace the possibility of several truths. In my solution a truth lives in what I call a layer. Different layers can then be projected together in different stacks. Instead of using feature branches/toggles one can change the stack by adding/removing/reordering layers. One can also handle localized content this way, which was the original use case before the idea mutated.

I also thought one could differ between two different kinds of conflicts. I call them simultaneities and disagreements. Simultaneities happen when concurrent changes happen and could be handled by CRDTS for example. Disagreements are conflicts between layers.

The idea is then that you can choose to work in the same layer as someone else, if you are working close. You can also "shield" yourself from changes in other layers by working in a different layer. If you want to detect a disagreement between your layer and a layer someone else is working on, you project your layer on top of that layer.

Even though I believe in these ideas I don't know how to get other people interested in them. It might be that they are flawed in an obvious way not apparent to me.

What would it take to make someone of your caliber curious?

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berling — Tue, 19 May 2020 06:59:06 +0000

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