sarajw, 2 months ago

@jakelazaroff may I ask what is meant by local first, in this context?

jakelazaroff, 2 months ago

@sarajw TL;DR apps that treat their local state as a source of truth, rather than as a cached copy of data stored on a server. the overarching idea is that you should own your work, and you should never get cut off from it because you’re not connected to the internet/the company that runs the service goes out of business/etc.

this ink & switch paper coined the term: https://www.inkandswitch.com/local-first/

jakelazaroff, 2 months ago

@sarajw i wrote a bit about it here, if you'll forgive the self promo! https://jakelazaroff.com/words/the-website-vs-web-app-dichotomy-doesnt-exist/#async-await-optional

sarajw, 2 months ago

@jakelazaroff of course I can forgive - I only have time to skim it right now but using quadrants like that is helpful as an explainer!

jake4480, 2 months ago

@jakelazaroff @sarajw this is a great one! 🔥