Biggest and best @localfirstconf.com yet, IMO! Surprising emergent themes this year: geopolitics and EU digital sovereignty, and strong conflicting emotions on LLM-assisted coding. More: adamwiggins.com/posts/politi...

Politics and emotion at Local-First Conf · Adam Wiggins

My reflections on Local-First Conf 2026. I was surprised by the angles of geopolitics, and charged emotion in response to our changing industry.

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I finally built my own self-driving, personal CRM. After many failed attempts and trying a lot different tools/products, I finally ended up with a system/approach I like built on top of Notion. The best part: It auto-updates, so data never goes stale.

People have been yapping about Malleable Software forever now. I think we’re finally actually entering its golden age - loving the “medley of demos” around Patchwork by @pvh.ca and @inkandswitch.com at @localfirstconf.com

I’ve been building my own software factory over the past year. It again changed the way how I do software engineering fundamentally - similar delta compared to coding by hand vs using agents. I’m thinking of writing a blog post about it. What are your biggest questions?

Incredible speaker lineup for this year’s Local-First Conf. Can't wait for the event next month. Also I think we only have ~10 tickets left, so now's probably your last chance to get one. 👀

Local-First Conf@localfirstconf.com · 2mo ago

We're thrilled to announce our next speaker batch for Local-First Conf 2026.

I'm slowly but surely forming a better idea how to do "better specs". The key idea is to make them structured and allowing a spec to contain structured source of truth definitions and rich artifacts such as code-defined diagrams, API/CLI/schema definitions, etc.

Reminder that today’s the deadline for submissions to @localfirstconf.com! Eager to see your demos, stories, and half-baked ideas come to life this July in Berlin. www.localfirstconf.com/cfp

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Join us for the third edition of Local-First Conf. Connect with a rapidly-growing community in an intimate setting. Berlin 12-14th July 2026.

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Local-First Conf was a massive success the last 2 years but it feels like the world of software has fundamentally changed by now. That's why I'm incredibly excited that this year's conference puts a focus on how AI and local-first software go hand in hand. See you in Berlin!

Local-First Conf@localfirstconf.com · 5mo ago

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

Local-First Conf is back. See you in Berlin in July!

Local-First Conf@localfirstconf.com · 6mo ago

We’re back. Save the date: www.localfirstconf.com

Watch @schickling.dev introduce LiveStore, a new local-first data layer designed to simplify the creation of high-performance, native-grade web apps by automatically syncing data with reactive SQLite and event sourcing Full Video: youtu.be/h5Bs0vEka5U

Heading to ViteConf in Amsterdam where I'll speak about "Building native-grade web apps with synced data". If you're there, come and say hi!✌️

LiveStore Hands-on #1: Work Squared Friday, Sept 26 @ 5pm CEST / 11am ET (tomorrow) Watch @schickling and @jessmartin hands-on with a real LiveStore app: ▪︎ Architecture review ▪︎ LiveStore best practices ▪︎ Live debugging ▪︎︎ Source available luma.com/4s7qev78

LiveStore Hands-on #1: Work Squared · Luma

Real-time code review of Work Squared built on LiveStore. Framework creator Johannes pairs with app author Jess to debug, refactor, and share best practices.

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⚡ Speaker highlight: Johannes Schickling, co-founder @prisma.io Web apps need efficiency and real-time sync but traditional models fall short - Sync engines to the rescue! @schickling.dev, creator of @livestore.dev, will share how Sync Engines can transform web dev and fit right into your Vite app

I saw this tweet about @livestore.dev and it made me realize that @schickling.dev built exactly the library I need to make realtime notebooks with modern agentic plumbing. More 📘 below ⬇️

The era of manual software development is coming to a close quickly. My view on software development has drastically changed. I believe in the future the role of engineers will be to build software factories, not the software itself.

Had a great time interviewing David about how MasterClass uses Effect to build a state-of-the-art voice AI system. Really shows the power of Effect streams.

Effect | TypeScript for the AI Era@effect-ts.bsky.social · last yr.

In this Cause & Effect episode, Johannes Schickling talks with David Golightly about how MasterClass built Cortex with Effect. Cortex is the voice AI orchestration layer powering personalized conversations with celebrity instructors like Gordon Ramsay and Mark Cuban. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2bU...

🧠 Ever heard of event sourcing? It’s the idea of storing every change as a series of events — instead of just keeping the current state. Think of it like git, but for your app’s data.

Ditto is probably the most mature sync engine out there used in airlines and other critical environments. Loved this conversation with Adam who’s the founder of Ditto and previously built Realm. Lots of great stories and insights in this episode!

localfirst.fm@localfirst.fm · last yr.

Episode #26 is out. Adam Fish on building sync engines at scale with Ditto and Realm. Full episode links and show notes in the comments.

I've been hoping for years that someone would build an event sourcing engine for local-first apps, and now @schickling.dev has done it! Hooray! livestore.dev

LiveStore: Local-first data layer for high-performance appsArrowArrowArrowArrowLiveStore

LiveStore is a state management framework based on SQLite and event-sourcing. It’s designed for demanding applications and based on years of research.

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Really compelling demo by @shykes.bsky.social building a “mini Devin” coding agent in a few lines of code. Finally made the core idea behind @dagger.io click: a runtime and reusable ecosystem for your builds. Another key insight: Agents are immutable builds. 🤯 youtu.be/XWO_3My2eVU

Containerize your agents!

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Looking for an experienced frontend developer for a very interesting contract project (related to AI and LiveStore). Please get in touch via DM with references. (Ideally minimum of 5 years of experience.) Referrals welcome!

LiveStore is currently trending on GitHub and has already crossed 1000 stars since open sourcing this week! ⭐

We're kicking off our open source fellowship program by sponsoring @schickling.dev from @livestore.dev It might seem surprising to sponsor LS as it is a data layer that brings data closer to the UI, traditionally a server's job, and we're a server-first framework. More: rwsdk.com/blog/rwsdk-x...

Redwood is sponsoring Johannes from LiveStore | RedwoodSDK

Redwood is sponsoring LiveStore to build an adapter for Cloudflare

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Very excited to announce that I'll partner with @redwoodjs.com over the coming months to improve Cloudflare worker support for @livestore.dev

After 4 years of work, I'm incredibly excited to introduce LiveStore, the next-gen data layer I'm building for Overtone. It's based on reactive SQLite and has a built-in sync engine. Give it a try - would love your feedback!

LiveStore@livestore.dev · last yr.

Introducing LiveStore (beta) LiveStore is a next-generation state management framework based on reactive SQLite and built-in sync engine. livestore.dev

Very excited for next week!

Move fast and sync things

Dreamweaver was such a cool product name. Would totally work today aswell for an AI builder.

When I founded Prisma, my goal was to make databases easy. Now building @livestore.dev, my goal is to make app data simple. Easy is great, particularly when getting started. But as an app gets complex, simplicity is more important. (Even more true with AI.)

Thanks for joining the 3rd LiveStore office hours! Tons of great demos, contributor demos and community questions. You can watch the recording if you missed it. Next office hours: July, 3rd lu.ma/dsmf76t4 Recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VDS...