I had a great chat with the folks from devtools.fm about Prisma, Effect and local-first.

Would love to hear your feedback. Also check out localfirst.fm Podcast if you’re interested in those topics.

devtools.fm/episode/95

What are currently the biggest limitations when using Cloudflare Workers for server use cases e.g. compared to a Node.js server?

Effect is finally API Stable!

Starting with 3.0 the main package will follow semantic versioning:
→ major releases will include breaking changes
→ minor releases will include new features and new modules
→ patch releases will include bug fixes

Episode #7 is out.

James Long (James Long) on building Actual Budget, a local-first personal finance app and bringing back SQLite to the browser with absurd-sql.

TFW you're building another query builder

Big tech does not have a monopoly on big software. We can build whatever we want. 🤓

I had the great privilege to talk to one of my absolute heros in software: Rasmus Andersson aka Rasmus Andersson.

We go deep on software quality, app performance and how local-first is a fundamental part of his new operating system called Playbit.

I hope you enjoy this conversation!

In the Effect Days 2024 Opening Keynote, Johannes Schickling Johannes Schickling talked about the challenges of building production-grade TypeScript apps and how the Effect library can help address these challenges.

Watch the full keynote in the next post ↓

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One of many reasons why apps like Notion should be completely local-first.

'You need the freedom to not ship until you've found something good'.

Very similar to how Linear is rethinking the startup MVP definition. More products should aim higher.

Fast software, slow cooked.

Really excited to be sharing more about how I’m building Overtone which is a local-first music app.

Hope to see many of you in Berlin soon! ✌️

I don't think many developers realize how stressful being an open-source maintainer can be.

You provide countless hours of work and support, for *free*. And devs will still complain and unfairly criticize your work.

But the ones that are appreciative keep us going.

💡 TIL: React Refresh (e.g. via Vite HMR) treats your components in the same way as React Strict mode (event if you have strict mode disabled).

me waiting for copilot

🌶️ DOM is fast, VDOM is slow

Lots of really damning truth bombs in this one. 😬

See you at 11am ET tomorrow.

youtube.com/watch?v=kVY7-T…

I love a good debugger. Thank you to everyone working on debugging tools and going the extra mile. 🙏