#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 we're at now and why local-first is finally happening.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
04:35 From Google Gears to Chrome
14:00 Challenges of the Permissionless Web
17:53 Web storage
20:48 Roci Corp, Replicache and Reflect
23:06 Tabs are challenging
44:18 Replicache and local-first
Mentioned in podcast:
Aaron: x.com/aboodman + aaronboodman.com
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gears_(...)
rocicorp.dev
replicache.dev
reflect.net
Links:
Website: localfirst.fm
X/Twitter: x.com/localfirstfm
Thank you to expo.dev/ and crabnebula.dev/ for supporting the podcast.

[@zchnimchill6217]

Very interesting, so nicely done both of you! Thanks

[@nicky-hajal]

This was such a great interview. Super knowledgable host and guest which really makes for some magic!

[@nchomey]

This series is fantastic. Thanks so much!
Would be very cool if you could get the Rxdb dev on for an episode!

[@DavidsKanal]

Absolute chad, this guy, and what an interesting project

[@additionaddict5524]

31:15 yes, 100%. It's ALL I want to hear. I want to nerd out on how it was done all day

[@AaronBoodman]

Heh. Roger :)

[@cotyhamilton]

This is such a good talk, thank you!

[@matthewp3709]

we in Hawaii here? Take me with you........

[@nachovc]

As promised, here I am. Comments at the end 😂