Notion

How we sped up Notion in the browser with WASM SQLite

Notion cached data in the browser with WASM SQLite and OPFS, improving page navigation times.

Published
2024-07-10
Scale
Not stated in source
Techniques
client-side caching
Stack
SQLite WebAssembly

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Notion architectureetcd vs SQLite for a control plane

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