2025.11.13

📰 News & Discussions

TanStack DB 0.5 — Query-Driven Sync

"We're releasing TanStack DB 0.5 today with Query-Driven Sync — a feature that fundamentally changes how you think about loading data."

Syntax.fm #954: Fullstack TanStack! The Scoop with Tanner Linsley (podcast episode)

"Wes and Scott talk with Tanner Linsley about the latest from TanStack, including TanStack DB’s local-first syncing, new routing ideas, and fresh perspectives on server components and 'magic' directives."

Why Fetch When You Can Sync? | QCon SF (upcoming event)

"Front-end has long been about reactivity frameworks and client-side state management. However, the alpha in these is receding. The next frontier, with much bigger gains across UX, DX and AX lies in extending reactive state management to the server with local-first apps built on a sync engine architecture."

🛠️ Tools & Resources

Convex Replicate

"Convex Replicate provides a dual-storage architecture for building offline-capable applications with automatic conflict resolution. It combines Yjs CRDTs (96% smaller than Automerge, no WASM) with TanStack's offline transaction system and Convex's reactive backend for real-time synchronization and efficient querying."

Making a Shows Tracker with Jazz

"I have been following the local-first ecosystem for a while, and Jazz has piqued my interest. I'm taking a further look by making an actual app, a Shows Tracker."

CloudKit Sync: Sync Metadata | PointFree

"We want SQLiteData to work seamlessly behind the scenes without you having to worry about how it works, but we also wanted to make sure you had full access to everything happening under the hood. Let’s explore the secret sync metadata table to see how we can fetch and even join against data related to sync, including sharing information and more."

✨ Apps

MeerAI

"MeerAI (from the German word "Meer" — sea) is an open-source, local-first AI CLI for developers. Operate entirely on your machine with local models, or connect to hosted providers (Meer Managed, OpenRouter, OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Hugging Face) and Model Context Protocol servers — all from the terminal."

Wageso

"A privacy-first way to track and understand your money." "Jazz made it way easier to focus on what really matters: the product itself."

Next Yacht Group: local-first AI assistant for luxury yachts

"A digital concierge that knows every detail of the yacht, supporting both owner and crew in daily operations while ensuring security, privacy, and total reliability thanks to continuous functionality even without internet or cloud connectivity — this is the latest innovation in Artificial Intelligence applied to yachting that Next Yacht Group"

cluttr

"A local first utility to clean up your screenshots on Mac, Linux and Windows"

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