2025.06.12

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Local-First Conf 2025 videos

First batch of videos of talks from this year's Local-First Conf.

My takeaways from this year's @localfirstconf.com

Reflections from Adam Wiggins on Local-First Conf 2025.

Malleable software: Restoring user agency in a world of locked-down apps

"Inspired by these predecessors, we have been prototyping an infrastructure stack for building, running, and sharing software that prioritizes malleability. Our approach builds on another area of our research: local-first software, which is a philosophy that prioritizes giving users ownership and control over their data"

CRDTs #3: Do Not Read!

"The truth is that CRDTs are dangerous to observe: they guarantee eventual consistency, but you'll never know when 'eventual' arrives."

Vibe coding with a database in the sandbox

"PGlite is a Postgres database that runs inside your dev environment. With it, you can one-shot database-driven apps that run without leaving the sandbox. So you can vibe code real apps without even thinking about infra."

Compiling Postgres to WASM with PGlite (talk video)

"Presented by Sam Willis at PGConf.dev 2025"

A local first approach for web3 development (talk video)

"Gave a talk at @ethprague.bsky.social on building #Web3 with a local-first mindset using @ethui.bsky.social" - Miguel Palhas

🛠️ Tools & Resources

Updates to Apple's On-Device and Server Foundation Language Models

"With Apple Intelligence, we're integrating powerful generative AI right into the apps and experiences people use every day, all while protecting their privacy. At the 2025 Worldwide Developers Conference we introduced [...] the new Foundation Models framework, which gives app developers direct access to the on-device foundation language model at the core of Apple Intelligence."

Getting started with PouchDB: basics, replication, offline data, conflicts and queries

"Learn the fundamentals of PouchDB in 35 minutes so you can build web apps that work offline! Build local-first and offline-first apps on a proven, solid foundation."

✨ Apps

Cerno: Agentic Deep Research

"Cerno is an open-source workspace for conducting deep, multi-step research and analysis using autonomous AI agents." "Cerno embraces a local-first philosophy"

Focus

"Focus, a local-first Task Manager using the Solid Protocol"

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