We provide support for optimistic updates and offline mode out of the box. Without these it's a real schlep to build Linear-level applications. [1]

[1] https://www.instantdb.com/essays/next_firebase#supabase-hasu...

This has been tried with Supabase using electricsql https://supabase.com/partners/integrations/electricsql

Interestingly the team at electricsql are now rewriting their solution because it didn’t scale and was too complex https://next.electric-sql.com/about

Electric SQL had a different design. Instant is more inspired by systems like LiveGraph, which power apps as big as Figma. LiveGraph was itself inspired by Luna, which powers Asana.