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by spectaclepiece 722 days ago
Local first is the first software trend in a long time that has gotten me really excited. The aspect of co-located data and logic is what's most interesting for me for two reasons:

1. Easier to develop - Sync layer handles all the tricky stuff, no need for translation layer between server and client.

2. Better user experience - Immediate UI feedback, no network dependency etc.

I suspect there will be a major tide shift within the next year or two when a local first framework with the developer experience similar to Nuxt or Next comes about. The Rails of local first.

I can't recommend enough the localfirst.fm podcast which has been a great introduction to the people and projects in the space: https://www.localfirst.fm/

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Podcast host here. Thanks so much for your kind words! Glad to hear you're enjoying the conversations and find them helpful!
I'm working on that.

There are also some interesting projects out there like https://github.com/a-type/verdant

What's your project called?