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Peter van Hardenberg presents some good rules for Local First:
- fast / immediate (no delay due to cloud)
- multi-device (not trapped on a single device)
- offline
- (real time) collaboration (PvH calls this "table stakes" for TfTs though it would be interesting to ask exactly what kinds of collaboration is needed
- longevity (can you trust it will be around indefinitely?)
- security and privacy by default (no one peering over your shoulder)
- ultimate retain control
(Though I say it myself, I think CardiganBay is doing well on these criteria. These are very much what I want in the software I use, so obviously I'm going to try to put them into CB. Possibly the real-time collaboration isn't what he'd expect. Right now you're basically stuck with Git. And manual synchronization. OTOH, this is working for me across machines and I could imagine working with others via it.)
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