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 we're at now and why local-first is finally happening.

Mentioned in podcast:

• Aaron: x.com/aboodman + aaronboodman.com
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gears_(software)
• rocicorp.dev
• replicache.dev
• reflect.net

Links:

• Website: localfirst.fm
• X/Twitter: x.com/localfirstfm
• YouTube: youtube.com/@localfirstfm

Thank you to Expo and CrabNebula for supporting the podcast.

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 this work for the better part of a decade. My conversation with him today starts with the basics of what Local First is and why you, an application developer, should care about it.

Mentioned in podcast:

• Peter: x.com/pvh + pvh.ca
• inkandswitch.com/local-first
• inkandswitch.com
• automerge.org

Links:

• Website: localfirst.fm
• X/Twitter: x.com/localfirstfm
• YouTube: youtube.com/@localfirstfm

Thank you to Expo and CrabNebula for supporting the podcast.