Collaborative cursor sync

DesignHard50 minFigma style

Your task

Design real-time multiplayer cursor and selection sync for a collaborative canvas/design tool (think Figma-style). 200 users in one file, each moving a cursor and dragging objects; everyone must see everyone else's cursor at ~60fps-feeling smoothness with sub-100ms perceived latency, over the public internet with varying RTTs. Object edits must converge; cursor positions are ephemeral.

It covers

  • Crdt
  • Cursor sync
  • Multiplayer