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๐Ÿ”’ Book 2 - Building Local-First Systems - Chap 1 - What Is Local-First, Really?

Local-first is often reduced to โ€œapps that work offline.โ€ That definition is incomplete. Local-first is about authority โ€” where the system of record lives, who controls it, and what persists when the network disappears. This chapter reframes local-first as a shift from access-based systems to authority-based systems.

๐Ÿ”’ Book 2 - Building Local-First Systems - Chap 1 - What Is Local-First, Really?

Local-first is often reduced to โ€œapps that work offline.โ€ That definition is incomplete. Local-first is about authority โ€” where the system of record lives, who controls it, and what persists when the network disappears. This chapter reframes local-first as a shift from access-based systems to authority-based systems.


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