2025.01.02

📰 News & Discussions

localfirst.fm special episode: Apps vs Files with Gordon Brander, Peter van Hardenberg & Jess Martin

"This is a special episode which was recorded as a Twitter space conversation between Gordon Brander, Peter Van Hardenberg, and Jess Martin. This conversation explores the ideas and trade offs of apps versus files."

DWeb Local First Weekend (upcoming event)

"Join us for a weekend of exploring the emerging technologies and principles of this new kind of software. We'll learn about the broader DWeb movement, local-first technologies we can use right now and hack on some projects." Scheduled for Saturday, January 11th
at 12pm PT.

Collection of insane and fun facts about SQLite

"SQLite is the most deployed and most used database. There are over one trillion (1000000000000 or a million million) SQLite databases in active use." See also HN discussion.

Hello World! (A love letter to computers)

"I found (or at least assembled) my first tall abstraction four years ago: local-first state (CRDTs) combined with local-first auth & permissions (public-key cryptography)."

🛠️ Tools & Resources

What Every Developer Should Know About Offline-First Apps

"... treating the offline state as the default, and online connectivity as an enhancement. It’s a complete reversal of the traditional web development paradigm, where we assumed constant connectivity and treated offline states as errors."

Databases in 2024: A Year in Review

"We live in the golden era of databases. There are many excellent (relational) choices for all types of application domains."

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