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Is Infinity actually real-time collaborative, or does it just look like it?

It's genuine now. Infinity uses socket.io for live presence, cursors, and object sync — with X-Socket-Id echo suppression so you don't fight your own edits, and remote changes kept out of your local undo history. Earlier builds literally drew simulated 'ghost cursors' to fake teammates on the canvas; those were replaced with real multiplayer presence in the 2026-07-04 sprint.

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Flocci Infinity: The Whiteboard That Stopped Faking Its Coworkers

An infinite canvas that used to draw fake teammates to look collaborative. One shared-backend sprint gave it real multiplayer, SSO, and AI.

Crashtech Editorial July 3, 2026 Building Flocci

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