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Oct 23 2024 16 ep. 66 mins 89
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A podcast about local-first software development

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#16 – Anselm Eickhoff: Jazz

Oct 23 2024 73 mins  
The guest of this episode is Anselm Eickhoff, creator of Jazz and founder of Garden Computing. This conversation will dive deep into Jazz to learn how it works and which use cases it’s a good fit for by exploring various apps already built on top of Jazz. Mentioned in podcastAnselm Eickhoff: x.com/anselm_io / anselm.iojazz.toolsGarden ComputingLinks: Website: localfirst.fmX/Twitt

#15 – Tuomas Artman: Linear, sync engines, rethought startup MVP

Oct 01 2024 61 mins  
The guest of this episode is Tuomas Artman, co-founder and CTO of Linear. Prior to Linear, Tuomas had already built sync engines for over a decade at companies like Groupon and Uber. This conversation will explore how local-first and software quality was crucial for Linear’s success and how the concept of a startup MVP should be rethought. Mentioned in podcastTuomas Artman: x.com

#14 – Matthew Weidner: Architectures for Central Server Collaboration

Sep 03 2024 57 mins  
The guest of this episode is Matthew Weidner, a computer science PhD student at Carnegie Mellon University focussing on distributed systems and local-first software. Matthew has recently published an extensive blog post about architectures for central server collaboration which is explored in depth in this conversation comparing different approaches such as CRDTs and event sourcing

#13 – Maggie Appleton: Barefoot Developers, AI, end-user programming

Aug 13 2024 65 mins  
The guest of this episode is Maggie Appleton, a designer, anthropologist and developer who has recently explored the world of local-first by giving the closing keynote at the last local-first conf. This conversation will dive into the topics of her talk including home cooked software, the idea behind barefoot developers and how AI complements local-first software development. Menti

#12 – James Pearce: Tinybase

Jul 23 2024 72 mins  
The guest of this episode is James Pearce, the author of Tinybase, a reactive data store library for local-first apps. This conversation will explore how Tinybase works including its custom query system, the various persistence and syncing integrations as well as James’ plans for the future. Mentioned in podcastJames Pearce: x.com/jamespearce + scoutsailing.comTinyBaseTinyHubLink

#11 – Adam Wiggins: Local-first Conf 2024

Jul 02 2024 62 mins  
The guest of this episode is Adam Wiggins, who is the founder of Heroku and one of the co-authors of the local-first essay by Ink & Switch. As Adam is also a co-organizer of the first local-first conference, this conversation will reflect on the event, share our learnings and discuss a couple of key topics such as a new definition of local-first software. Mentioned in podcastAd

#10 – Matt Wonlaw: cr-sqlite, syncing strategies and incremental view maintenance

Jun 12 2024 63 mins  
The guest of this episode is Matt Wonlaw, a prolific local-first tool builder who’s behind projects such as Vlcn, cr-sqlite and Materialite. Most recently Matt also joined Rocicorp to work on their new product. This conversation will go deep on his projects covering CRDTs, SQLite and incremental view maintenance.Mentioned in podcastMatt Wonlaw: x.com/tantaman + github.com/tantama

#9 – Dax Raad: Local-First SaaS

May 21 2024 62 mins  
The guest of this episode is Dax Raad, who is using local-first in multiple projects including the serverless deployment tool SST.dev, a healthcare app and an upcoming personal finance app. This conversation will explore how local-first simplifies app development, the UX and data patterns he used on and how self-hosting could empower local-first apps.Mentioned in podcastDax Raad: x

#8 – Pirijan Ketheswaran: Kinopio, Canvas-based tools, being a solo developer

May 02 2024 56 mins  
The guest of this episode is Pirijan Ketheswaran, the creator of the Kinopio, a playful, canvas-based tool for thought. He is also the co-creator of the online IDE Glitch. This conversation will go trough his journey as a creative including his time at Fog Creek and later building Kinopio as a solo developer.Mentioned in podcastPirijan Ketheswaran: x.com/pketh + pketh.orgMastodon:

#7 – James Long: Actual Budget, Hybrid Logical Clocks & Absurd-SQL

Apr 09 2024 94 mins  
The guest of this episode is James Long, the creator of local-first app called Actual Budget and the absurd-sql project which helped to pave the way to bring SQLite back to the browser. This conversation will explore his journey of building Actual Budget including implementing a syncing solution from scratch and expanding from an Electron app to mobile and the web while re-using mo