Local-first software

Technology

5 rabbit holes · 3 people exploring

Rabbit holes

1. Google Wave died but its algorithms didn't

   Google Docs collaboration runs on operational transformation, which Wave pushed hard. Wave itself was too many ideas at once.

   Samuel Okafor · 4 sources

2. SQLite is probably the most deployed software in the world

   In every phone, every browser, every Mac, planes, cars. Three main developers. Public domain. They have a code of conduct based on the Rule of Saint Benedict, which was its own rabbit hole.

   Samuel Okafor · 4 sources

3. git is a content-addressed database pretending to be version control

   Samuel Okafor · 4 sources

4. local-first software: you own your data and the cloud is a backup

   The Ink & Switch essay lays out seven ideals: fast, multi-device, offline, collaborative, long-lived, private, and user-owned. CRDTs are the trick that makes merging without a server possible.

   Ben Adler · 5 sources

5. Lotus Notes was doing local-first in 1989

   Callie Sutherland · 4 sources