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Local-first software: you own your data, in spite of the cloud Article

Local-first software: you own your data, in spite of the cloud

By Ink & Switch

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Building data-centric apps with a reactive relational database Article

Building data-centric apps with a reactive relational database

By Riffle

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Developing local-first software Article

Developing local-first software

By James Arthur

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What if we had local-first software? Article

What if we had local-first software?

By @adlrocha

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Closing the gap between your users and their data Article

Closing the gap between your users and their data

By James Pearce

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In search of a local-first database Article

In search of a local-first database

By Jared Forsyth

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End-to-End Encryption in the Browser Article

End-to-End Encryption in the Browser

By vjeux

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Designing Data Structures for Collaborative Apps Article

Designing Data Structures for Collaborative Apps

By Matthew Weidner

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A Gentle Introduction to CRDTs Article

A Gentle Introduction to CRDTs

By Matt Wonlaw

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Some notes on local-first development Article

Some notes on local-first development

By @kylemathews

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List CRDT Benchmarks Article

List CRDT Benchmarks

By Vadim @streamich Dalecky

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