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Zak Knill

Senior Distributed Systems Engineer.

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We built a Custom Transport for Vercel's AI SDK
AI Transport

We built a Custom Transport for Vercel's AI SDK

Zak Knill·May 13, 2026
Patterns for building realtime features
Realtime experiences

Patterns for building realtime features

Zak Knill·Feb 23, 2025
Data integrity in Ably Pub/Sub
Ably engineering

Data integrity in Ably Pub/Sub

Zak Knill·Nov 21, 2024
Database generated events: LiveSync’s database connector vs CDC
Ably engineering

Database generated events: LiveSync’s database connector vs CDC

Zak Knill·Jun 18, 2024
Reliably syncing database and frontend state: A realtime competitor analysis
Ably engineering

Reliably syncing database and frontend state: A realtime competitor analysis

Zak Knill·May 15, 2024
You don't need CRDTs for collaborative experiences
Realtime experiences

You don't need CRDTs for collaborative experiences

Zak Knill·Nov 21, 2023