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Core Concepts

TopGun is built on a foundation of distributed systems theory. Understanding these concepts will help you design better local-first applications.

Learn why inverting the client-server model leads to faster, more reliable apps. The client is the replica.

How we guarantee eventual consistency and order events across devices without a central clock.

A deep dive into Merkle Trees, WebSockets, and how TopGun synchronizes data efficiently.

Understanding LWW-Map (Last-Write-Wins) and OR-Map (Observed-Remove) for different use cases.