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Re:Why Local-First Apps Haven't Become Popular? by kobieps on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @11:37AM (#45348569)
Who is the audience of your app? Is it an internal app for a company, or is it a public facing consumer app?
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Re:Why Local-First Apps Haven't Become Popular? by cyberax on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @01:24PM (#45350168)
Public app used by professionals in the field, often with poor or no connectivity. Even having a local read-only copy of data is often helpful for them.
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Re:Why Local-First Apps Haven't Become Popular? by kobieps on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @03:02PM (#45351336)
Cool. Yeah in my experience last-write-wins is sufficient for 95% of use cases, and if you add audit trails to help resolve any disputes it gets you to 98%
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