Heroku co-founder and Ink & Switch founder Adam Wiggins makes the case for local-first software architecture as a necessary correction to the all-cloud paradigm. He argues that CRDTs and sync engines have matured enough for production use, citing Linear as a prime example of local-first done right. Wiggins envisions extending Git-like version control primitives beyond code to documents and spreadsheets, and predicts a hybrid AI future where small local models handle 80% of routine tasks while large cloud LLMs handle compute-intensive work. He also discusses the growing Local-First Conference community in Berlin and the importance of balancing user agency, data ownership, and offline capability with the collaboration benefits of the cloud.
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TranscriptSoftware for More Productive Humans [ 03:22 ]Why Local First Matters [ 06:42 ]The Balance of Cloud and Local Collaboration [ 18:27 ]How Will The AI Agents' Space Evolve? [ 22:04 ]The Local First Community is Growing [ 25:56 ]About the Author1.1K Impressions