2025.10.16

📰 News & Discussions

Building native-grade web apps with synced data - Johannes Schickling @ ViteConf 2025

Talk by Johannes Schickling at ViteConf 2025. Currently available in live stream replay @ 05:32:00 (registration required). See also demo on X

LiveStore Hands-on #2: Work Squared (upcoming event)

"Continuing the real-time code review of Work Squared built on LiveStore. Framework creator Johannes pairs with app author Jess to debug, refactor, and share best practices." Friday, October 17 03:00pm UTC.

🛠️ Tools & Resources

The future of AI apps is on the device: How to run AI models with React Native ExecuTorch

"AI apps have surged in popularity, with thousands of developers building them right now. However, many developers don’t realize that AI integration is possible without sending data to model provider APIs or paying access fees. Until recently, on-device AI was merely experimental, but as models have become smaller and more efficient while devices have gained processing power, this technology has become accessible to everyone."

✨ Apps

Todout

"Todout is a local-first hierarchical todo outliner with powerful filtering, tagging, and keyboard-driven organization." - pacifika on HN

DJI goes local-first with new FlightHub 2 secure drone platforms

"FlightHub 2 On-Premises mirrors the full power of DJI’s existing cloud-based drone management platform but is deployed on local servers or private clouds."

Booplet

"It's like Lovable but for desktop apps and heavily inspired by Robin Sloan's home-cooked app essay [...] The idea is to let anyone, especially non-technical folks, build and use personal apps. Instead of cloud deployment, we focused on a local-first setup so that users can fully own their apps and data."

Osaurus: The Local-First AI Runtime for Apple Silicon

"We’re exploring what a local-first AI ecosystem could look like — where inference, privacy, and creativity all happen on your own hardware. Feedback and testing welcome!" - tpae on HN

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