The Architecture Of Local-First Web Development — Smashing Magazine
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2026/05/architecture-local-first-web-development/
An honest perspective on building local-first web apps in 2026, written for developers who’ve been doing this long enough to be skeptical of silver bullets.
Recapping the first Local‑First conference in 15 minutes—Martian Chronicles, Evil Martians’ team blog
https://evilmartians.com/chronicles/recapping-the-first-local-first-conference-in-15-minutes
A recap of the talks and key insights from the first Local-First Conference 2024
Home-Cooked Software and Barefoot Developers
https://maggieappleton.com/home-cooked-software
The emerging golden age of home-cooked software, barefoot developers, and why the local-first community should help build it
hn isn't so sure... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40633029
Browsertech Digest Trip Report: Local First Conf
https://digest.browsertech.com/archive/browsertech-digest-trip-report-local-first-conf/
I just got back from attending the first Local First Conf in Berlin. It was really good. Here’s my recap. (Note: this is mostly from memory, so apologies if...
Automerge 2.2: Rich Text | Automerge CRDT
https://automerge.org/blog/2024/04/06/richtext/
We are delighted to announce the release of rich text support in Automerge, including a fully supported ProseMirror binding as the initial reference implementation. This means that you can now build collaborative applications on Automerge with realtime and asynchronous editing of rich text including inline formatting, block elements, and more.
Incredible achievement from the automerge team. Not sure on a use case yet, but this could be very useful for small simple collab sharing needs where Google Docs or Etherpad don't cut it (e.g. mobile)
The Allure of Local-First Sync Engines
https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2024/allure-of-sync-engines/
Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.