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7/7/2026
The original title is: "Building a Real-Time Collaborative Code Editor from Scratch (With Almost No Experience)"

The original title is: "Building a Real-Time Collaborative Code Editor from Scratch (With Almost No Experience)"

Original: Building a Real-Time Collaborative Code Editor from Scratch (With Almost No Experience)

Short summary

Developer begins a documented learning journey to build a real-time collaborative code editor from scratch, tackling WebSockets, CRDTs, and distributed systems with no prior experience. Rather than copying tutorials, they're learning each concept from first principles. The series aims to explore why collaborative systems work, not just how to build quickly.

  • •Day 0 announcement of a collaborative code editor project built from scratch
  • •Learning-first approach: WebSockets, CRDTs, distributed sync without prior experience
  • •Series documents entire journey with focus on understanding, not speed

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