2026-06-10 –, Prague West (↑ upstairs)
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.
Daniel Steigerwald is a programmer, speaker, and the creator of Evolu, an open-source local-first platform focused on privacy, resilience, and user ownership. He writes and speaks about software architecture, ownership, and the future of software that keeps users in control of their data.