Interesting read. Is “local first” software a practical reality? Are PWAs a step in that direction?
https://www.wired.com/story/the-cloud-is-a-prison-can-the-local-first-software-movement-set-us-free/
Discussion
Local first will only be possible on the only open platform, Linux. So, Android.
That’s myopic thinking. The design pattern isn’t about OS choice.
I’m imagining that cloud services could be part of the Fediverse. I could run a cloud system for my friends and family.
Apps on any platform could allow you to connect to your chosen Fedi service or default to a central service.
I guess we’ll see how things develop.
When you've been in computing long enough, you've seen the cycle between centralised (mainframe, server, datacentre) to decentralized ( time sliced, multiuser, personal computer), and back and forth, ad nauseum.
I doubt that the cycle will reach end of line before I do.
great article. I saw kleppman speak a few times at strangeloop and he always delivered. too bad that conference went mad with politics.
That is a shame. There are so few venues free of politics these days.
I remember seeing Kelsey Hightower demo kubernetes in 2015. strangeloop was a rare source of signal in the noise. the seeds of their later issues were present from the beginning, but in those times much easier to ignore and just imbibe the esoteric programming languages and computer science content. I think those days could come back, the content is out there and the community nearly self-organizing at this point, it just needs a tiny bit of idea-meritocracy to sneak back into the planning.