Local-first apps keep data locally, only using the cloud to synchronize data between machines (or peer-to-peer). This concept has become popular in re

Recapping the first Local-First conference in 15 minutes

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2024-07-08 15:30:08

Local-first apps keep data locally, only using the cloud to synchronize data between machines (or peer-to-peer). This concept has become popular in recent years, and on May 30, 2024, the local-first community came together for the inaugural Local-First Conference.

Andrey Sitnik, creator of Logux, our local-first system, visited this rapidly growing movement’s inaugural conference and wrote a quick recap summarizing the most compelling ideas.

I will highlight the most important ideas from the talks according to my subjective view. That said, it’s better to watch the full videos to more completely understand the speakers’ ideas within the proper context.

The first talk was from Martin Kleppmann, one of the originators of the term “local-first” in this famous essay from Ink & Switch.

In fact, this is why he thinks that, in the future, we should have a universal protocol to sync any local-first app. In this scenario, users could choose any server for their app.