#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 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.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
04:50 The Problem with Current Software
08:14 Complexity of Modern Web Development
13:00 What is Local First?
15:40 How to build Local First Apps
18:34 The Data Is The Hard Part
24:48 Local-first Use Cases
30:07 Data Syncing
32:22 Existing Local First Products
35:51 Conflict Free Replicated Data Type (CRDTs)
41:25 The Challenges of Building Local First Apps
43:41 The Benefits of Local First for Developers
48:29 The Seven Ideals of Local First
53:53 How ready is Local First?
01:00:35 Open Research Questions
01:06:22 Outro
Mentioned in podcast:
Peter: x.com/pvh + www.pvh.ca
www.inkandswitch.com/local-first
inkandswitch.com
automerge.org
www.inkandswitch.com/embark
Links:
Website: localfirst.fm
X/Twitter: x.com/localfirstfm
Thank you to expo.dev/ and crabnebula.dev/ for supporting the podcast.

[@andrevterron]

Thank you for kicking off this podcast! This is such an amazing addition to the local-first community!

[@nachovc]

Great first episode. I'm here for more.