The guest of this episode is Ben Holmes, a senior web developer and educator known for his whiteboard videos. After having spent most of his career building server-centric applications, Ben recently explored local-first software by building a simple sync engine which we talk through in-depth.
Mentioned in podcast:
- Ben Holmes: Website + X + YouTube + Bluesky + GitHub
- Astro
- Simple Sync Engine
- Warp
- Stop Building Databases by Carl Sverre
- SQLSync
- Graft
Links:
- Website: localfirst.fm
- X/Twitter: x.com/localfirstfm
- YouTube: youtube.com/@localfirstfm
Thank you to Jazz for supporting the podcast.
Information
- Show
- FrequencyUpdated Biweekly
- PublishedMay 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM UTC
- Length1h 11m
- Episode24
- RatingClean