2025.03.06

📰 News & Discussions

Aaron Boodman on Building Zero, Local-First, and Living in Hawaii - Tomorrow E126 (podcast)

"Aaron Boodman joins us to chat about his tech journey from building Greasemonkey, working on Google Chrome, being obsessed with sync on the web, Replicache, to his new project, Zero."

"Why and how modern developers could increase the privacy of modern Web. The popularity of clouds, the rise of huge monopolies across the internet, and the growth of shady data brokers recently have made the world a much more dangerous place for ordinary people [...] In this talk, Andrey Sitnik, the creator of PostCSS and the privacy-first open-source RSS reader, will explain how we can stop this dangerous trend and make the web a private place again." At t3chfest, March 13-14, Madrid

Sync SF (upcoming event)

"Interesting in building products on a local-first / sync engine architecture? Come along to the first Sync SF, a meetup to learn and talk about better ways of building software." Monday, March 17 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT, San Francisco

🛠️ Tools & Resources

"Create, run and share projects built with web technologies in a fully cross-platform, local-first environment."

SRVRA Sync

"SRVRA Sync is a powerful component of the SRVRA Enterprise UI Engine that combines advanced state management, real-time synchronization, and intelligent conflict resolution."

✨ Apps

Tigerdrive: Lost in a jungle of files?

"Local-First Freedom: No forced cloud. Keep it local, use Dropbox or Google Drive if you like." See also Product Hunt.

Quotes – Your Library for Ideas, Inspiration, and beautiful lines

"Own your data: Local-first approach with multiple export options for complete control" See also Product Hunt.

Meetily: Best Free Open Source AI Meeting Note Taker

"Most AI meeting assistants store meeting data in the cloud, raising privacy and compliance concerns. Additionally, they come with expensive SaaS pricing ($8–$20 per user/month). We wanted a free, local-first alternative [...]" - zackriya on HN

Cirdia: Privacy-First Wellness Wearables

"Your biometric data is yours—processed and stored locally"

Mind Map Wizard: Generate a Mind Map with AI

"Local first: Data is stored locally, ensuring fast navigation and enhanced privacy." - linus-sch on HN

FichasVetapp: mobile app local-first for veterinary management

"FichasVetApp is a new, local-first app for veterinarians to manage patient records, appointments, and treatments effortlessly." Uses PowerSync. See also Product Hunt.

Poleshift

"I utilized Powersync to provide offline capability for my desktop application for marine research. The users are conducting eDNA studies in Antarctica and connection is spotty (at it's best) so the offline functionality was really make or break for them." "If you are curious about the research being conducted and would like to know more you can read about the team and their work here!"

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