Aaron Boodman

11h

Hey @bsky.app / @atproto.com - since ~07:57 UTC both jetstream1 and jetstream2.us-east accept the websocket and then just... send nothing. no close, no error. us-west is fine. status page says all green. Am I being rate limited or is something going on?

11h

Update, it's back now.

youtube.comAbsurdly Fast Apps with ZeroYouTube video by Scott Tolinski

The amazing thing about kids is they start out believing they can just do things - they are born that way. You just have to avoid accidentally extinguishing it.

Aaron Boodman@aaronboodman.com

My son, Sam (10), finished his first draft of _Browning Point_ - a 75 page fanfic set in the _Kerbal Space Program_ universe. Following his favorite scifi, it features 10 pages of maps and illustrations, a science-driven plot, and plenty of slapstick humor. The pride is almost unberable.

*twitch* unbearable

Hello again.

Come for the fast UI, stay for the spontaneous dance party at 0:05: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV6a...

Aaron Boodman reposted

26 Mar

Replying to @tcurdt.bsky.social

This is a great question. Real-world permissions was a core motivation for Zero. The short answer is Zero security works just like traditional web app security. Reads flow through your server, and your server controls the queries that sync. See zero.rocicorp.dev/docs/auth#pe...

zero.rocicorp.devZero 1.0First Stable Release

Zero to 1.0 After two years of work, 50+ releases, thousands of commits, and hundreds of bugfixes, we are officially declaring Zero stable and ready for production workloads. zero.rocicorp.dev/docs/release...

Concurrent with this release we have also begun offering an SLA to the Pro and Managed levels of our hosted service. See zero.rocicorp.dev#pricing for information.

zero.rocicorp.devZeroInstant Queries By Default

zero.rocicorp.devZeroInstant Queries By Default

Concurrent with this release we have also begun offering an SLA to the Pro and Managed levels of our hosted service. See zero.rocicorp.dev#pricing for information.

zero.rocicorp.devZero 1.0First Stable Release

zero.rocicorp.devWhen To Use ZeroAnd When Not To – A Quick Guide

This does not mean that Zero is perfect or done. There is still so much to do. What it does mean is that we fully support Zero for appropriate workloads without caveat. See zero.rocicorp.dev/docs/when-to... for guidance on applications that are a good match for Zero.

zero.rocicorp.devZero 0.25DX Overhaul, Query Planning

18 Dec 2025

We are exceptionally proud of the work in 0.25. Totally reworked DX that feels so nice, and a real query planner – bringing the original "just do queries" vision of Zero to life.

Zero@zero.rocicorp.dev

Have not posted here in a loooong while. Sorry! Zero 0.25 is out: * Completely overhauled query / mutator DX * Rewritten and simplified docs * New install guide * Automatic query planning 🤯 – much better perf, without manual query tuning ... and much, much more: zero.rocicorp.dev/docs/release...

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23 Oct 2025

Find something you love the way this guy loves chord shapes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa6t...

14 Oct 2025

Come see four different perspectives on sync duke it out live on stage.

Sync Conf@syncconf.bsky.social

The panel at Sync Conf 2025 brings together @tannerlinsley.com, @jamescowling.dev, @schickling.dev and @aaronboodman.com for a deep dive into challenges and tradeoffs between the technical approaches being explored in sync today.

18 Aug 2025

I've never tried heroin but I sometimes reflect on descriptions I have read. Users do not describe the rush of euphoria that I know from, err, other substances but more of a warm, slow glow from within. I have heard it described as a "hug from inside"... 🧵

The real life feeling most like morphine I can think of is in fact a big hug from my kids. But a hug that goes on for hours. Or the feeling after having some big adventure or experience w/ my family that brings us closer, relaxing together over dinner in the glow of togetherness.

18 Aug 2025

I think loneliness is at the root of a lot of drug abuse - especially opiates. And I fear AI friends are going to tap right into that vein with a far more direct administration: instead of simulating the feeling of connection, simulate the actual connection. But no less artificial or dangerous.

I did use morphine once recently, at a hospital, after a surgery. The dose was low, so much less intense than what I'm sure H feels like. But I do remember the cozy comfort, nodding the hours away, in and out of sleep, problems far away. I do remember wanting more as it wore off.

17 Aug 2025

Sigh. The "AI friends" thing on other networks is incredibly depressing. I cannot believe we're going there. I mean I can. It's where the money leads. But I can't.

17 Aug 2025

I want to believe the people running these companies are while perhaps conflicted, mostly good. But it is hard to see any good that comes out of this technology. In fact it seems insanely dangerous.

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10 July 2025

Every so often I come back to this album and I just cannot process how beautiful the writing is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEnb... Both the lyrics and the music. The interplay between the lead guitar and the bass here is just gorgeous.

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9 July 2025

We had a July 4 cookout, as is our tradition. One of big man's friends came and they sat in the water and talked pokemon and minecraft the entire time. I'm still smiling about this four days later.

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I wrote this a few months ago and have been trying to figure out what to do with it. Realized that bsky seems like the appropriate place to share: gist.github.com/aboodman/db5...

9 July 2025

I am once again asking for your support in my bid to destroy all leaf blowers.

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26 June 2025

I wrote this a few months ago and have been trying to figure out what to do with it. Realized that bsky seems like the appropriate place to share: gist.github.com/aboodman/db5...

24 May 2025

I can’t explain it, but Germany has the best hardware in the world. I feel this way every time I visit. Listen to the satisfying CLICK here. Omg 🤤. Follow for more hardware porn as I encounter it on this trip…

24 May 2025

Here’s a chonky boi. Dat THWACK when you close it tho. hnnnngh.

12 Apr 2025

Last year at Local-First Conf, we announced @zero.rocicorp.dev to the world. Now that it's real, I'm going to back to talk about how it's made. Hope to see you there!

Local-First Conf@localfirstconf.com

We’re thrilled to announce @aaronboodman.com from Rocicorp will be back as a speaker at this year Local-First Conf talking about the technology behind Zero.

Quick demo of Zero's new Background Queries More information in thread below 👇

This is much different than normal caching because this data stays up to date. If you make the same query again, the results will be *instantly* available *and already up to date with server*.

zero.rocicorp.devZero DocsThe official documentation for Zero by Rocicorp.

If you make a different query the data from the background query is used client-side to answer the new query instantly if possible. This all happens completely automatically. Just by adding the ttl flag. Learn more about Zero's query-based sync: zero.rocicorp.dev/docs/reading...

Quick demo of Zero's new Background Queries More information in thread below 👇

It’s important to realize because of this syncing, Zero isn’t really a cache. It’s a replica. It’s eagerly replicating a slice of your database - the slice covered by the queries you have open. So there's never stale data in Zero. When you close a query, we delete its rows so they don't go stale.

Of course that kind of sucks for the common case of doing a query, navigating, then pressing “back”. Ideally we want that to be fast. To address this Zero 0.17 adds background queries. You can add a ttl to a query and it will keep running and syncing in the background.

Quick demo of Zero's new Background Queries More information in thread below 👇

Zero’s sync engine is query-based. Rather than specifying what to sync with rules or some separate system, you use queries. Right inside the client app, you do queries using a full sql-style language. You get filters, subqueries , limits, etc. Zero syncs the data for these queries to the client.

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11 Mar 2025

www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0Q3... You are welcome.

tomorrow.fmHow About Tomorrow? | Aaron Boodman on Building Zero, Local-First, and Living in HawaiiAaron Boodman joins us to chat about his tech journey from building Greasemonkey, working on Google Chrome, being obsessed with sync on the web, Replicache, to his new project, Zero.Links:The Expan...

5 Mar 2025

Had a really fun time talking to @thdxr.com and Adam about @zero.rocicorp.dev, Replicache, and how (and why!?) I came to spend the majority of my career working on sync. Hear the Rocicorp / Aaron backstory here: tomorrow.fm/126