Lona: Scaling Server-driven UI

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Airbnb describes a concrete system: a Kotlin-powered DSL that defines a versioned server-driven UI spec, generates JSON and JSON schema validation, and builds type-safe artifacts so backends and three clients stay in sync. The team reports moving from ten bespoke systems to modular Lona spec modules, adding runtime checks and property-based tests, and shipping pages that update instantly on Android iOS and web without app-store delays using a Kotlin DSL.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 3:37Airbnb's DLS
3. 4:15Row components
4. 6:09Consistency
5. 8:39Button Row Title Row
6. 12:40Challenges of SDUI
7. 14:03Keeping clients in sync
8. 15:59Documentation
9. 16:50The Lona Spec
10. 19:02Backend team using Java
11. 30:51Challenges of server-driven UI

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