#5 – Kyle Mathews: Benefits of using a sync engine, personal local-first apps, ElectricSQL
The guest of this episode is Kyle Matthews, who, in the past, founded Gatsby JS and is currently delving into local-first software. In the conversation, Kyle shares his experiences in building some sm...
13 Mar 202446min
#4 – Martin Kleppmann: CRDTs, Automerge, generic syncing servers & Bluesky
The guest of this episode, Martin Kleppmann, is one of the authors of the original local-first essay. Martin has been exploring local-first software and CRDTs for over 10 years, which has led to the c...
28 Feb 20241h 4min
#3 – Geoffrey Litt: Malleable software, local state management & Riffle
In this episode we talk about Geoffrey's background in malleable software and how relational databases can be leveraged to build better web apps and improve data ownership. A topic he extensively inve...
14 Feb 20241h 5min
#2 – Aaron Boodman: From Google Gears to Replicache & Reflect.net
In this episode we talk about Aaron's history in local-first, which goes back to 2008 with the release of Google Gears – the first time sqlite was added to the browser - and his perspective on where w...
30 Jan 202450min
#1 – PVH: An Intro to Local-First
In this inaugural episode, I'm speaking to Peter van Hardenberg, who helped to coin and popularize the term Local First. As the director of the Ink & Switch Research Lab, he's been on the forefront of...
14 Jan 20241h 7min
