Sync Conf

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.

Sync Conf | Nov 12, 2025 in San Francisco. Sync Conf is a boutique conference on the future of real-time, collaborative, agentic software development. Happening Nov 12, 2025 in San Francisco.

Tickets are still on sale, get yours now: syncconf.dev

Irakli and Chris (independent researchers) will show us reactive UIs via declarative Datalog rules and sync through commodity blob stores like S3.

Irakli and Chris' research perspective should make a nice constrast to the commercial focus for the rest of the conf.

@anselm.io (@jazz.tools)will help us grapple with the question of when our sync systems become a full-fledged database.

Anselm's talks at Local-First Conf have always been crowd-pleasers, so he's sure to delight at Sync Conf.

Conrad (@powersync.com) covers one of our favorite topics: SQLite, and the latest on using it in your client-side web app.

PowerSync has written many excellent blog posts going deep on SQLite for the web, expect to see that expertise on display in this talk.

Brendan (number0 / Iroh) will show us the possibility of internet-optional sync using device-to-device connections.

True peer-to-peer networking has remained elusive but they claim to have cracked it with their now widely-deployed Rust library.

It was agonizing to choose from among the 34 excellent submissions, but here are the four talks selected from our CFP process!

Convex @convex.dev is quickly becoming the go-to sync engine for startups building AI and agentic apps. At Sync Conf 2025, co-founder James Cowling @jamescowling.dev will share how they’re making it happen.

Adam Wiggins @adamwiggins.bsky.social helped shape how we build software with the 12-Factor App and the Local-First Manifesto. At Sync Conf 2025, he’ll look ahead to the next wave: agentic, malleable, real-time software.

James Arthur @thruflo.com is building @electric-sql.com, the sync engine behind @tanstack.com and @elixir-lang.org. At Sync Conf 2025, he’ll kick things off with an intro on why sync matters for AI apps and agentic systems, including a demo of sync-based software in action.

Host of Latent Space and AI engineering master @swyx.io is joining us at Sync Conf 2025. Tastemaker, product builder, and voice behind AI Engineering Summit.

Sunil Pai from Cloudflare will present at Sync Conf 2025.
Sunil is the creator of Partykit, and now working on edge computing with D1 + Durable Objects. He'll speak about how sync engines are a perfect fit for building agentic AI apps.

Carl Sverre @f0a.org of SQLSync is speaking at Sync Conf 2025 on partial replication.
He takes a slightly contrarian view: no CRDTs, but instead block-level replication. Hear all about it on Nov 12.3

Welcome Frank McSherry @frankmcsherry.bsky.social to Sync Conf 2025. Pioneer of sync technology, inventor of Differential Dataflow, and founder of @materialize.com, Frank will trace the evolution of sync and stream processing.

With rising user expectations set by apps like Linear, Figma, and Notion, the next generation of software will need sync engine technologies to meet the new quality baseline." @schickling.dev

"From developer experience to user agency and data ownership. Different motivations unite into a stronger coalition for local-first tech." @adamwiggins.bsky.social

"Sync is predicted to be a key technology for the coming years. This one-day, 300-person gathering could be remembered as a seminal conference. That group of people who all went on to do amazing things. " @thruflo.com

How can sync engines and local-first tech cross-pollinate with building agentic systems?" @thruflo.com. A Sync Conf topic.

Sync seems to be having a moment among web developers!

"Should companies build their own sync engine or rely on off-the-shelf solutions?" @schickling.dev. A topic at Sync Conf.

Our second #special is out.

Following the great success of @localfirstconf.com in Berlin, we're excited to share more about the vision for SyncConf 2025 in SF.

Full episode links and show notes in the comments.

Lee Byron @leebyron.bsky.social is the co-creator of #GraphQL, now at #OpenAI. He'll be speaking at Sync Conf 2025, breaking down how sync powers the next wave of agentic systems.

Reminder: Our CFP closes end of August. If you need extra time, reach out.

Notion redefined how teams collaborate. At Sync Conf 2025, Angelique Nehmzow will reveal the sync engine behind Notion’s offline-first, multi-user experience, and why it’s been key to their success.

Sync Conf | Nov 12, 2025 in San Francisco. Sync Conf is a boutique conference on the future of real-time, collaborative, agentic software development. Happening Nov 12, 2025 in San Francisco.

Join us in SF and get your ticket at: syncconf.dev

Early bird tickets are gone! We’re counting down to the talks, the ideas, and the conversations in SF.

Tanner Linsley (@tannerlinsley.com) creator of @tanstack.com, is bringing his vision for app dev to Sync Conf 2025.

From TanStack DB to mainstream DX, he’ll share where sync belongs in the next wave of software.

Figma's realtime sync tech includes LiveGraph, a GraphQL-like data layer powering everything from comments to design file metadata.

At Sync Conf 2025, Arushi Bandi from the @figma.com engineering team will take you through the details of LiveGraph and the challenges of an IPO-scale product.

Call For Papers - Sync Conf | Nov 12, 2025 in San Francisco. Sync Conf is a boutique conference on the future of real-time, collaborative, agentic software development. Happening Nov 12, 2025 in San Francisco.

More info about the selection process and what we look for at: syncconf.dev/call-for-pap...

CFP is open until end of August. Share your ideas and help shape the future of Sync.