Our friends Johannes Schlickling & James Long join us to discuss the movement of local-first, its pros and cons, the tradeoffs, and the path to the warming waters of mostly local apps.
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Notes & Links
Chapters
| Chapter Number | Chapter Start Time | Chapter Title | Chapter Duration |
| 1 | 00:00 | Let's talk! | 00:40 |
| 2 | 00:40 | Sponsor: Fly.io | 02:32 |
| 3 | 03:12 | Meet our friends | 02:23 |
| 4 | 05:34 | Defining local-first | 04:01 |
| 5 | 09:36 | Why go local-first? | 16:36 |
| 6 | 26:12 | Sponsor: Timescale | 02:17 |
| 7 | 28:29 | Sponsor: Eight Sleep | 02:32 |
| 8 | 31:01 | What are the tradeoffs? | 15:09 |
| 9 | 46:10 | Fighting the browser | 02:41 |
| 10 | 48:51 | Overtone.pro | 07:35 |
| 11 | 56:26 | Sponsor: WorkOS | 02:50 |
| 12 | 59:16 | How warm are local-first waters? | 11:42 |
| 13 | 1:10:59 | Apple notes is less local-first | 05:59 |
| 14 | 1:16:57 | The future for "mostly" local | 13:35 |
| 15 | 1:30:32 | Listen to localfirst.fm | 01:38 |
| 16 | 1:32:10 | Closing thoughts and stuff | 01:28 |