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The Problem

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Server Node 1 Server Node 2

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Node A Node B [User] [User] [User] [] [] [User] User connects User disconnects

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There's no global time

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Node A Node B [User] [User] [User] [] [] [User] User connects User disconnects

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Node A Node B [User] [User] [User] [] [] [User] User connects User disconnects

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Node A Node B

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P.track(self, "users", "U1", %{})

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P.track(self, "users", "U1", %{}) P.list("users") %{"U1"  %{metas: [%{phx_ref: "…"}]}}

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P.track(self, "users", "U1", %{}) P.list("users") P.track(self, "users", "U2", %{}) %{"U1"  %{metas: [%{phx_ref: "…"}]}}

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P.track(self, "users", "U1", %{}) P.list("users") P.track(self, "users", "U2", %{}) P.list("users") %{"U1"  %{metas: [%{phx_ref: "…"}]}, "U2"  %{metas: [%{phx_ref: "…"}]}} %{"U1"  %{metas: [%{phx_ref: "…"}]}}

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P.track(self, "users", "U1", %{}) P.list("users") P.track(self, "users", "U2", %{}) P.list("users") %{"U1"  %{metas: [%{phx_ref: "…"}]}, "U2"  %{metas: [%{phx_ref: "…"}]}} P.track(self, "users", "U1", %{}) P.untrack(self, "users", "U1") %{"U1"  %{metas: [%{phx_ref: "…"}]}}

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P.track(self, "users", "U1", %{}) P.list("users") P.track(self, "users", "U2", %{}) P.list("users") %{"U1"  %{metas: [%{phx_ref: "…"}]}, "U2"  %{metas: [%{phx_ref: "…"}]}} P.track(self, "users", "U1", %{}) P.untrack(self, "users", "U1") P.list("users") %{"U1"  %{metas: [%{phx_ref: "…"}]}, "U2"  %{metas: [%{phx_ref: "…"}]}} P.list("users") %{"U1"  %{metas: [%{phx_ref: "…"}]}, "U2"  %{metas: [%{phx_ref: "…"}]}} %{"U1"  %{metas: [%{phx_ref: "…"}]}}

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CRDTs The science behind Phoenix Presence Maciej Kaszubowski

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Conflict-free Replicated Data Type

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Alternatives

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• Single source of truth (DB) • Consensus algorithm • Resolving conflicts manually

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Why CRDTs?

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Eventually consistent Highly available Easy to use

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Eventually consistent Highly available Easy to use Hard to create :(

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Features

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1. Commutative 2. Associative 3. Idempotent x y = y x (x y) z = x (y z) x x = x

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Server Node 1 Server Node 2 Server Node 3

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Client Client Client Client Client Client Client Client Client Server

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Examples

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Counters

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Node A Node B +5 5 8 -2 3 +5 User connects User disconnects 0 0 5 3 8

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Node A Node B +5 5 8 -2 8 +5 User connects User disconnects 0 0 5 3 13 10

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G-Counter Grow-only counter

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Node 2: 3 Value=8 Node 1: 5 Node 3: 1 Merge

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Node 2: 3 Value=9 Node 1: 6 Node 3: 1 +1 Merge

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PN-Counter Positive-Negative Counter

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Node 2: P=2 N=2 Value=7 Node 1: P=5 N=2 Node 3: P=4 N=0 3 0 4 Merge

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Node 2: P=2 N=2 Value=6 Node 1: P=5 N=3 Node 3: P=4 N=0 2 0 4 +1 Merge

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Node 2: P=2 N=2 Value=8 Node 1: P=5 N=3 Node 3: P=6 N=0 2 0 6 +2 +1 Merge

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Sets

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Node A Node B [User] [User] [User] [] [] [User] User connects User disconnects

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G-Set Grow-only set

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Node 2: [1,2] Value=[1,2,3,4] Node 1: [1] Node 3: [3,4] Merge

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Node 2: [1,2] Value=[1,2,3,4,5] Node 1: [1,5] Node 3: [3,4] Merge

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2P-Set Two-phase set

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Node 2: [1,2],[] Value=[1,2,3,4] Node 1: [1],[] Node 3: [3,4],[] Merge

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Node 2: [1,2],[] Value=[1,2,3,4] Node 1: [1],[] Node 3: [3,4],[] Merge G-Set for adds

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Node 2: [1,2],[] Value=[1,2,4] Node 1: [1],[] Node 3: [3,4],[3] Merge G-Set for removals

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Elements cannot be re-added

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Removes win

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Node A Node B [ ] Add Remove [1] [ ] [1]

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Node A Node B [ ] [1] Add Remove [1] [1] [ ] [1] [ ] [1]

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Node A Node B [ ] [1] Add Remove [1] [1] [ ] [1] [ ] [1]

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Node A Node B [ ] [1] [1] Add Remove [1] [1] [1] [ ] [1] [1] [1] [ ] [1]

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OR-Set Observed-remove set

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Node A Node B [ ] Add Remove [{A,1}] [ ] [{A,1}]

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Node A Node B [ ] [ ] Add Remove [{A,1}] [{A,1}] [ ] [ ] [{A,1}] [{A,1}, ]

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Node A Node B [ ] [ 1 ] Add Remove [{A,1}] [{A,1}] [ ] [ ] [{A,1}] [{A,1},{A,2}]

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Node A Node B [ ] [ 1 ] Add Remove [{A,1}] [{A,1}] [ ] [ ] [{A,1}] [{A,1},{A,2}]

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Node A Node B [ ] [ 1 ] Add Remove [{A,1}] [{A,1}] [ ] [ ] [{A,1}] [{A,1},{A,2}] [ 1 ] [{A,1},{A,2}] [{A,1},{A,2}] [ 1 ]

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Node A Node B [ ] [ 1 ] Add Remove [{A,1}] [{A,1}] [ ] [ ] [{A,1}] [{A,1},{A,2}] [ 1 ] [{A,1},{A,2}] [{A,1},{A,2}] [ 1 ] [A] [A]

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Add 1000 Remove 1000 Add Remove …

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ORSWOT Observed-remove set without tombstones

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Use Cases

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• Load balancing / routing • Mobile clients synchronisation • Temporary data on the servers • Avoiding work duplication • Collaborative editing

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lasp-lang.readme.io

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Summary

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You're (almost) always designing a distributed system

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Think about failures

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Choose the correct tool for the job

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References • https://medium.com/@istanbul_techie/a-look-at-conflict-free-replicated-data- types-crdt-221a5f629e7e • http://basho.com/posts/technical/distributed-data-types-riak-2-0/ • http://highscalability.com/blog/2014/10/13/how-league-of-legends-scaled- chat-to-70-million-players-it-t.html • https://hal.inria.fr/inria-00609399v1/document • https://developers.soundcloud.com/blog/roshi-a-crdt-system-for- timestamped-events

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Thanks!