I read the abstract and was a bit lost, I guess.

I took from it that this was a novel "locality" approach that was different than CRDT'S.

This is far from my area of expertise, so I guess 'approachable' is relative? Was hoping that (in the fine tradition of HN) someone who knows a lot more about this stuff could chime in.

I'd really like to learn some of this for a number of projects I'm working on, and I'm not sure where the best place to direct my focus is. ShareJS is OT based, iirc, and but quill js has some basic support for it too. CRDTs are a bit voodoo to me. This is something else?

Sorry if it's a remedial question, would appreciate any advice or insight.

Don’t feel bad for asking questions! IMHO that’s crucial for getting forward and gaining deeper knowledge.

If I could answer your question I would but I don’t know this domain well enough (^_^)

You say that like they have heard of the acronym CRDT before.

Don't let the curse of knowledge be an excuse to be rude to people.

They used the acronym CRDT and explicitly asked for comparisons to it.

Don’t let the curse of not reading be an excuse to be rude to people.