Local-First

I’m frequently amused by how often local-first software gets mistaken for community initiated software. The ethos is spot on, but the confusion is revealing: cloud first has become the de facto standard for building apps. Local-first challenges this notion and subverts the dynamic between cloud and device. It puts the device at the center of operations. In this way, local-first apps remain operational despite an unstable connection unlike cloud-first ones. This of course doesn’t disregard the cloud completely. In a local-first model, the cloud shifts to the role of facilitator, ensuring data is synchronized across devices and sessions. ...