7 articles
Comparisons
Honest trade-offs, including where we are the wrong answer.
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5 min
When You Need a Real Backend, and When You Do Not
Six questions that decide it. The answer is more often yes than the no-backend marketing suggests, including from us.
6 min
Vaultrice Against Supabase Realtime and Ably
Three services with genuinely different shapes — a database with subscriptions, a messaging network, and a shared object. Which shape fits which problem.
6 min
Durable Objects, Redis and Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY
Three primitives people build real-time on. What each guarantees, what each costs to operate, and the failure mode each one hides.
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The Real Cost of Building Real-Time Yourself
The first version takes an afternoon. An honest inventory of what comes after it, and the cases where building is still the right call.
5 min
What's the Difference Between localStorage and NonLocalStorage?
One is a synchronous string map scoped to an origin. The other is a networked object with push updates. Where each fits, and where swapping goes wrong.
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Zustand vs. Vaultrice? A Guide to Local and Shared State Management
They solve different halves of the same problem. Which state belongs where, why the question is rarely either-or, and how to combine them in one app.
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Real-Time Sync Alternatives: Vaultrice vs. localStorage, DIY, Firebase, Pusher
Five ways to get shared state into a browser, what each actually costs to run, and the questions that decide between them.