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diff --git a/_articles/2020-11-14-local-first-software-you-own-your-data-in-spite-of-the-cloud-article-review.md b/src/content/blog/2020/11/14/local-first-review.adoc index 68ae03c..c24095a 100644 --- a/_articles/2020-11-14-local-first-software-you-own-your-data-in-spite-of-the-cloud-article-review.md +++ b/src/content/blog/2020/11/14/local-first-review.adoc @@ -1,6 +1,4 @@ ---- - -title: "Local-First Software: You Own Your Data, in spite of the Cloud - article review" += Local-First Software: You Own Your Data, in spite of the Cloud - article review date: 2020-11-14 @@ -21,7 +19,7 @@ This is a review of the article "[Local-First Software: You Own Your Data, in spite of the Cloud][article-pdf]", by M. Kleppmann, A. Wiggins, P. Van Hardenberg and M. F. McGranaghan. -### Offline-first, local-first +== Offline-first, local-first The "local-first" term they use isn't new, and I have used it myself in the past to refer to this types of application, where the data lives primarily on the @@ -44,7 +42,7 @@ around I think there's a chance people will prefer saying "local-first" in [presentation]: {% link _slides/2020-11-14-on-local-first-beyond-the-crdt-silver-bullet.slides %} [article-pdf]: https://martin.kleppmann.com/papers/local-first.pdf -### Software licenses +== Software licenses On a footnote of the 7th ideal ("You Retain Ultimate Ownership and Control"), the authors say: @@ -138,7 +136,7 @@ to achieve "The Long Now". It is less bad, but still not quite there yet. -### Denial of existing solutions +== Denial of existing solutions When describing "Existing Data Storage and Sharing Models", on a footnote[^devil] the authors say: @@ -184,7 +182,7 @@ people don't do it already, since Git is built to work like that. [git-local-first]: https://drewdevault.com/2018/07/23/Git-is-already-distributed.html -### Ditching of web applications +== Ditching of web applications The authors put web application in a worse position for building local-first application, claiming that: @@ -216,7 +214,7 @@ applications are possible. [pouchdb]: https://pouchdb.com/ [instant-apps]: https://developer.android.com/topic/google-play-instant -### Costs are underrated +== Costs are underrated I think the costs of "old-fashioned apps" over "cloud apps" are underrated, mainly regarding storage, and that this costs can vary a lot by application. @@ -241,7 +239,7 @@ maintain, backup and store their content. The dial measuring "cloud apps" and "old-fashioned apps" needs to be specific to use-cases. -### Real-time collaboration is optional +== Real-time collaboration is optional If I were the one making the list of ideals, I wouldn't focus so much on real-time collaboration. @@ -268,7 +266,7 @@ When discussing "working offline", I'd rather keep this type of person in mind, then the subset of people who are offline when on the elevator will naturally be included. -### On CRDTs and developer experience +== On CRDTs and developer experience When discussing developer experience, the authors bring up some questions to be answered further, like: |