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#9 – Dax Raad: Local-First SaaS

This podcast episode highlights the importance of optimizing performance and delivering a smooth user experience in applications. It explores the advantages of local-first applications, focusing on the benefits they bring to user experience, productivity, and simplifying the developer experience. The conversation also ...

#8 – Pirijan Ketheswaran: Kinopio, Canvas-based tools, being a solo developer

This podcast episode delves into the origins of Glitch, a unique web development interface, and its evolution into Kinopio, a project aimed at enabling flexible problem-solving and collaboration. The speakers discuss the inspiration behind Glitch and the challenges faced in creating a tool that simplifies web developme...

#7 – James Long: Actual Budget, Electron & Absurd-SQL

This podcast episode follows James Long's journey in building Actual Budget, a personal finance manager, and explores the concept of local-first. James wanted a local app that allowed him to use raw SQL queries and interact with data locally, and he started the project in 2017 using Electron and SQLite. The episode dis...

#6 – Rasmus Andersson: Playbit, Software Quality, Data Models Tradeoffs

This podcast episode explores the concept of localfirst, which focuses on the importance of being able to work offline and reconciling changes when returning online. The commonality of a specific data model, consisting of an ordered map of data, is discussed, with examples including Spotify playlists. The tension betwe...

#5 – Kyle Mathews: Benefits of using a sync engine, personal local-first apps, ElectricSQL

#4 - Martin Kleppmann: CRDTs, Automerge, generic syncing servers & Bluesky

This podcast episode explores the concept of CRDTs (Conflict-Free Replicated Data Types) and their application in Automerge, a CRDT library for synchronizing data across multiple devices. It discusses the evolution of the Automerge project, its JSON model, and its similarities to a database. The episode also delves int...

#3 – Geoffrey Litt: Malleable software, local state management & Riffle

#2 – Aaron Boodman: From Google Gears to Replicache & Reflect.net

This podcast episode explores the concept of local-first software and its importance in building modern web applications. The conversation begins with a discussion on the need for browser storage, highlighting the influence of Aaron Boodman's work on Google Gears and its impact on web standards. The episode covers the ...

#1 – PVH: An Intro to Local-First