"If what you're working on, which has something to do with empowering users or making computers and software and the internet freer and more capable for enhancing human life, then you should submit a talk." @adamwiggins.bsky.social
"AI is really shaking up everything. I think this does not make local-first at all, less relevant. I think this is, as for most things, a huge tailwind. " @schickling.dev
Thanks to @spiralganglion.com for upgrading our open graph images to a beautiful @seaofclouds.com photo.
Now you can enjoy @alexwarth.bsky.social's new lab note on local-first task computing even more
I've been working with @pvh.ca on a local-first task framework at @inkandswitch.com. It distributes computation across users' computers, keeps working while you're offline, and syncs results back to everyone when you reconnect. First lab note is up. www.inkandswitch.com/patchwork/no...
Steve Ruiz joins us a speaker at Local-First Conf 2026. Steve is the founder of @tldraw.com, an infinite canvas SDK for the web. Steve and his team are using local-first principles in radical ways--hear more at the conf!
Day two of ;#QConLondon! Starting liveskeet a bit late so not covering the beginning of @martin.kleppmann.com's keynote about geopolitical tech resilience (because USA is shitshow rn). Three topics:
- Multicloud
- Atproto
- Localfirst
For multicloud, key thing is making it easy to switch
Local-First Conf 2026 is back, and I want to hear what everyone's been doing this year. What have you built? What have you learned? How about interesting challenges we need to overcome?
A print copy of Designing Data-Intensive Applications, 2nd edition
Just received my author copies of the second edition of DDIA! After years of seeing it only on-screen, holding the final print book in hand is very special. @chris.blue
This is our third time out with Local-First Conf!
In past years we've thoroughly explored some core topics like sync engines and CRDTs.
In 2026, we're broadening into areas like identity, e2ee, malleable software, and open-weight models.
Early bird tickets are sold out...😱
screenshot of semble notifications showing an account following a collection and a user
Following just dropped in Semble 🫳🎤
You can follow other users *and* collections 🥂
A photo of a type writer with the local first sigil in the paper, a notebook that says Lab Day, hosted by Ink & Switch, with an automerge sticker sheet. There is a clipboard saying Coffee Science and a coffee cup.
Lab Day will not be purely filled with talks - but also show live demos, creative experiments, and community projects.
A collaborative day that’s part unconference, part showcase, and shaped by the ideas that animate our community.
Lab Day is included in your ticket localfirstconf.com
Tickets for Local-First Conf 2026 are now on sale!
Join us July 12-14 in Berlin for 2 days of single-track talks, and then a 3rd day we're calling "Lab Day", hosted by us at Ink & Switch
Tickets for Local-First Conf 2026 are now on sale
July 12–14 · Berlin · 300 people · single track
Theme: user empowerment in an age of fluid software.
We're going beyond CRDTs and sync. If you're building for user agency, this is your conference.
Tickets live now → localfirstconf.com
@expede.wtf and @patternist.xyz presenting Automerge and Keyhive
#LocalFirst devroom at #FOSDEM will be live at 09:00 CET ! For those who are not with us in Brussels to attend 8 hours of the best speakers lineup ever, there is a live stream. You can interact with the speakers during Q&A sessions by using Matrix. See you in a bit. live stream:
openlocalfirst.org
Malleable software, open social protocols, self-sovereign identity, and local models are a few topics on our mind.
What do you think should be on-topic for Local-First Conf 2026?
More from lab founder & local-first conf organizer @adamwiggins.bsky.social
look mum I’m in a documentary about the next big thing in software www.youtube.com/watch?v=10d8...
(thx @cultrepo.bsky.social and @localfirstconf.com !)
If you haven't seen it, a great mini documentary by @cultrepo.bsky.social was filmed last year at @localfirstconf.com, and just released today
Lots of familiar faces from us at the lab, and other great collaborators.
We’ve got a save the date announcement today for this year’s Local-First Conf @localfirstconf.com - July 11th to 14th in Berlin.
We’re supporting the conference & leaning into some “Day 3” content with some malleable software and other topics.
Add your email to be notified!
10m documentary film on the local-first software movement!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=10d8...
In 9 days from now, join the #LocalFirst and #CRDT devroom at #fosdem26 #fosdem in Brussels!
@expede.wtf @patternist.xyz @automerge.org @inkandswitch.com
In 9 days from now, join the #LocalFirst and #CRDT devroom at #fosdem26 #fosdem in Brussels!
@expede.wtf @patternist.xyz @automerge.org @inkandswitch.com
Join us this week with @pvh.ca of @inkandswitch.com and @automerge.org
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgyd...
open.spotify.com/episode/4J3m...
We're all drinking from an information firehose, because sending messages via computer is frictionless.
But I believe we should be able to apply social media-style algorithms to help!
My new research project: adamwiggins.com/posts/perso...
After six years working on commercial products, happy to say I’m returning to the research world.
Today I start as a Researcher-in-Residence at @inkandswitch.com
