2025.07.17

📰 News & Discussions

Local-first web application architecture

"This architecture would be a cloud vendor's worst nightmare if it ever became popular, as they cannot earn a dime from it (aside from the basic cloud drive pennies). Thankfully for them, it is impossible to monetize for the company that builds such a web app as well. No server == no revenue opportunity. For now this is just a crazy theoretical exercise, far removed from where the leading frontend architecture voices are driving us, but the possibility fascinates me."

How and where will agents ship software? | Instant

"Today we’re releasing an API that gives you and your agents full-stack backends. Each backend comes with a database, a sync engine, auth tools, file storage, and presence."

Introducing Change Data Capture for SQLite in Turso

"We're excited to share an early preview of a powerful new feature in Turso's SQLite rewrite: built-in Change Data Capture (CDC). While still unstable and under active development, it's ready for testing and we'd love your feedback and contributions."

🛠️ Tools & Resources

Automerge 3.0

"Automerge is a local-first data sync engine that makes it easy to build collaborative apps. Today we're excited to announce version 3.0 of Automerge!"

A SwiftData alternative with SQLite + CloudKit: Private alpha

"After a few weeks of teasing the CloudKit synchronization tools coming to our SwiftData alternative, and demoing the tools during last week’s live stream, we are finally ready to release a private alpha"

DocNode

"Hi everyone! I just opened the waiting list for DocNode, a project I've been working on for two years. It's a CRDT and OT library (yes, it lets you choose the mode based on your needs)."

✨ Apps

Reconfigured

"For the tech curious: Tauri + Tanstack router for the native app, Cloudflare Durable objects to manage per workspace agents, and naturally Jazz 🎷 for all the data"

CivicPress

"Public infrastructure platform designed to bring transparency, participation, and trust back to local governance." "Local-first resilience — Works offline, in small towns, or at scale"

WhatsCook

"I'm excited to share WhatsCook - a smart meal planning app that helps you organize recipes, plan meals, and discover new dishes." "For What’sCook, I chose PowerSync instead of iCloud because I want to support true cross-platform sync" - According-Cupcake-72

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