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Here's the architecture for a real-time collaborative document editor (like Google Docs): **System Overview:** - Frontend: React SPA with…
Architecture Review: Real-Time Collaborative Editor This design has serious issues across correctness, performance, and security. Let me break them down by severity. 🔴 Critical: Correctness / Data Loss Client-clock-based Last-Write-Wins (LWW) Problem: Client clocks are unreliable (skew, manual changes, timezone bugs).Read the full answer
Authentication & Session Management Failure / Race Condition Why it happens in the current design Concrete mitigation (trade‑offs) JWT stored in localStorage – vulnerable to XSS, copy‑and‑paste attacks, and malicious extensions. No HTTP‑Only flag, no SameSite/Lax cookie protection.Read the full answer