Most apps still treat your device as a cache and the cloud as the source of truth. Local-first flips that model. I'll start with Ink & Switch's essay and its case for ownership, offline capability, privacy, and resilience, then show how Evolu implements those ideas with SQLite, end-to-end encrypted sync, CRDT-based merging, and stateless relays. I'll end with a broader argument: the future of software is not less cloud, but a different cloud.