Speaker: Martin Kleppmann, University of Cambridge, Inc & Switch

We have come a long way since my colleagues and I published the local-first essay five years ago. In this talk I'll review where the local-first idea came from, where we are now, and what I hope the local-first community can work towards in the future.

Martin Kleppmann sets out a vision: "In local-first software, the availability of another computer should never prevent you from working."

He describes the evolution of how to classify local-first software, how it differs from offline-first, and proposes a bold future where data sync servers are a commodity working in tandem with peer-to-peer sync, freeing both developers and users from lock-in concerns.