Aaron Boodman
@aaronboodman.com
CEO rocicorp.dev. Building replicache.dev and zerosync.dev, raising two great kids, trying to be a better person. Also found at http://aaronboodman.com.
Play All Over The Ukulele Neck With Just Four Shapes
YouTube video by Phil Doleman
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October 23, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Come see four different perspectives on sync duke it out live on stage.
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.
October 14, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Come see four different perspectives on sync duke it out live on stage.
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"... 🧵
I have heard it described as a "hug from inside"... 🧵
August 18, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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"... 🧵
I have heard it described as a "hug from inside"... 🧵
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.
August 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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.
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.
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.
King Medicine
YouTube video by Jets To Brazil - Topic
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July 10, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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.
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.
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.
July 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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.
I am once again asking for your support in my bid to destroy all leaf blowers.
July 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I am once again asking for your support in my bid to destroy all leaf blowers.
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...
Realized that bsky seems like the appropriate place to share:
gist.github.com/aboodman/db5...
making-friends.md
GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
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June 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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...
Realized that bsky seems like the appropriate place to share:
gist.github.com/aboodman/db5...
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…
Listen to the satisfying CLICK here. Omg 🤤.
Follow for more hardware porn as I encounter it on this trip…
May 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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…
Listen to the satisfying CLICK here. Omg 🤤.
Follow for more hardware porn as I encounter it on this trip…
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!
@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!
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.
April 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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!
@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!
Quick demo of Zero's new Background Queries
More information in thread below 👇
More information in thread below 👇
March 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Quick demo of Zero's new Background Queries
More information in thread below 👇
More information in thread below 👇
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
Hear the Rocicorp / Aaron backstory here:
tomorrow.fm/126
How About Tomorrow? | Aaron Boodman on Building Zero, Local-First, and Living in Hawaii
Aaron 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...
tomorrow.fm
March 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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
Hear the Rocicorp / Aaron backstory here:
tomorrow.fm/126
I have a close friend who runs search and rescue for the US coast guard in the pacific.
You can't see at first when a system breaks down. A stress of some kind is required to show that it has hollowed out from inside.
Let's just say now is not a good time to need help at sea.
You can't see at first when a system breaks down. A stress of some kind is required to show that it has hollowed out from inside.
Let's just say now is not a good time to need help at sea.
March 5, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I have a close friend who runs search and rescue for the US coast guard in the pacific.
You can't see at first when a system breaks down. A stress of some kind is required to show that it has hollowed out from inside.
Let's just say now is not a good time to need help at sea.
You can't see at first when a system breaks down. A stress of some kind is required to show that it has hollowed out from inside.
Let's just say now is not a good time to need help at sea.
IVM go brr
youtu.be/Y0X5I4WvlqA
@zero.rocicorp.dev is a new sync engine built on incremental view maintenance (IVM).
Sync has been used for years by projects like Linear, Notion, and Superhuman for insanely fast local-feeling UI. But they are notoriously difficult to build – years of effort.
youtu.be/Y0X5I4WvlqA
@zero.rocicorp.dev is a new sync engine built on incremental view maintenance (IVM).
Sync has been used for years by projects like Linear, Notion, and Superhuman for insanely fast local-feeling UI. But they are notoriously difficult to build – years of effort.
IVM go brr
YouTube video by Aaron Boodman
youtu.be
February 25, 2025 at 6:22 AM
IVM go brr
youtu.be/Y0X5I4WvlqA
@zero.rocicorp.dev is a new sync engine built on incremental view maintenance (IVM).
Sync has been used for years by projects like Linear, Notion, and Superhuman for insanely fast local-feeling UI. But they are notoriously difficult to build – years of effort.
youtu.be/Y0X5I4WvlqA
@zero.rocicorp.dev is a new sync engine built on incremental view maintenance (IVM).
Sync has been used for years by projects like Linear, Notion, and Superhuman for insanely fast local-feeling UI. But they are notoriously difficult to build – years of effort.
This song is one of my favorite musical discoveries of last month or so. Absolutely love the groove. Bass sound is _on_ _point_. But really the entire thing is just perfect. So shimmery.
February 16, 2025 at 1:37 AM
This song is one of my favorite musical discoveries of last month or so. Absolutely love the groove. Bass sound is _on_ _point_. But really the entire thing is just perfect. So shimmery.
Reposted by Aaron Boodman
I've been playing around with @zero.rocicorp.dev ! The data management is so easy that I can spend time polishing the UI with nice little effect 🤩
February 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I've been playing around with @zero.rocicorp.dev ! The data management is so easy that I can spend time polishing the UI with nice little effect 🤩
Zero 0.15 - the vday edition
YouTube video by Aaron Boodman
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February 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I instituted a weekly release policy for @zero.rocicorp.dev and I had no idea how much pressure that simple change would create for everyone, incl me as release manager.
Mostly a good pressure, but still.
Mostly a good pressure, but still.
February 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I instituted a weekly release policy for @zero.rocicorp.dev and I had no idea how much pressure that simple change would create for everyone, incl me as release manager.
Mostly a good pressure, but still.
Mostly a good pressure, but still.
I've found that novelty is like 50% of marketing.
People learn to detect and filter out cliches quickly. And it makes sense: if you describe your product the same way as everyone else, the product itself is also probably uninteresting.
Find a new way to say it. Find a new way to show it.
People learn to detect and filter out cliches quickly. And it makes sense: if you describe your product the same way as everyone else, the product itself is also probably uninteresting.
Find a new way to say it. Find a new way to show it.
February 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I've found that novelty is like 50% of marketing.
People learn to detect and filter out cliches quickly. And it makes sense: if you describe your product the same way as everyone else, the product itself is also probably uninteresting.
Find a new way to say it. Find a new way to show it.
People learn to detect and filter out cliches quickly. And it makes sense: if you describe your product the same way as everyone else, the product itself is also probably uninteresting.
Find a new way to say it. Find a new way to show it.
I basically live in iOS "focus" mode now, and batch communications at a few points in my day. It's incredibly refreshing. Highly recommended.
February 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I basically live in iOS "focus" mode now, and batch communications at a few points in my day. It's incredibly refreshing. Highly recommended.
Hate to give away our secrets, but if your product takes the form of an npm library, get you a canary build script. You should be able to push a button and get the user a build from trunk, fully automated. One of the best effort-to-value things I've ever built:
github.com/rocicorp/mon...
github.com/rocicorp/mon...
February 11, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Hate to give away our secrets, but if your product takes the form of an npm library, get you a canary build script. You should be able to push a button and get the user a build from trunk, fully automated. One of the best effort-to-value things I've ever built:
github.com/rocicorp/mon...
github.com/rocicorp/mon...
Short, off-the-cuff video of how Zero works. Made for someone in our Discord, but I thought people here may be interested:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zoet...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zoet...
CleanShot 2025 02 06 at 13 58 48
YouTube video by Aaron Boodman
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February 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Short, off-the-cuff video of how Zero works. Made for someone in our Discord, but I thought people here may be interested:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zoet...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zoet...
I'm not complaining but they done made these chips too good. I still have this one and still can't believe how fast it is. No need to upgrade.
February 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I'm not complaining but they done made these chips too good. I still have this one and still can't believe how fast it is. No need to upgrade.
Why do release note have to be boring? Trying something new ... 🙃
Zero 0.13: Horizontal scalability, zero-downtime restarts, and SST support.
Complete details at zero.rocicorp.dev/docs/release...
Complete details at zero.rocicorp.dev/docs/release...
Zero: 0.13: Multinode & SST
YouTube video by Zero
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February 1, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Why do release note have to be boring? Trying something new ... 🙃