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Local-First Conf @localfirstconf.com · 24/09/2026

Plus recordings from the three main stage talks on Lab Day: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztcg...

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How to Research Tools for Thought

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Ink & Switch @inkandswitch.com · 17/09/2026

Here it is—the final talk from our @localfirstconf.com Lab Day! After 10 years of Ink & Switch, Peter van Hardenberg @pvh.ca takes the long view. Why do we do research? Who does it serve? And what now, as the world gets weirder? How to Research Tools for Thought

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How to Research Tools for Thought

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James Parker @jprider63.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The second Local-First DC meetup is in two weeks (Oct 7)! This time we'll have a few slots for demos. If you're interested in giving a demo, reach out to @shupp.dev or myself. luma.com/gkmwov4w

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Local First Meetup : Demos + Talks · Luma

For our second event, we would like to try and do an mini-conference or unconference activity. We are looking to have a few presenters with anything…

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Jeremy Theocharis @theocharis.dev · 03/09/2026

As a follow up to the @localfirstconf.com we are doing a unofficial local-first meetup in Cologne on the 15th of October. Maybe this can be a regular event where we can exchange knowledge? The two talks are to get the conversations started. If you are interested in joining, feel free to contact me.

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Ink & Switch @inkandswitch.com · 31/08/2026

Today we're officially sharing the "Introducing Patchwork-26" video from Lab Day at this year's @localfirstconf.com We bring you the first look at Patchwork-26, the latest in our ongoing effort to realize Malleable Software, Universal Version Control, and Local-First Software.

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Introducing Patchwork-26

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Jonas Schürmann @jonas-schuermann.name · 25/08/2026

Finally uploaded the recording of my talk from the Lab Day at @localfirstconf.com 2026 🎉 It shows how conflict tolerance can make branching & merging attainable in local-first collaboration: jonas-schuermann.name/talks/2026-l... Many thanks to @dexdevlon.bsky.social for recording the video!

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Work in Parallel, Without Fear — Jonas Schürmann

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Local-First Conf @localfirstconf.com · 06/08/2026

The Local‑First Conf 2026 recap is live! Miss the vibe or curious about local‑first? Watch the 2 min video: youtu.be/DelQ1_ua2yY?...

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Local-First Conf 2026 Recap

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Pete Hayman @pete.beet.org · 05/08/2026

@adamwiggins.com I just want to say thank you for all the effort you put into the conference. I was nervous presenting in front of so many people I respect but really appreciated the care you and the other organizers put into creating a welcoming atmosphere. I hope to see you all again next year!

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Local-First Conf @localfirstconf.com · 04/08/2026

A Local-First meetup in Washington, DC on September 2nd! Spread the word.

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James Parker @jprider63.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

@shupp.dev and I are hosting the first Local-First DC meetup on 9/2. Join us and meet other local-first enthusiasts in the DC area! luma.com/vfq3th6c

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Local-First DC: Meet and greet · Luma

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Boris @bmann.ca · 01/08/2026

Thanks incognitothief @whereditgo.diamonds for spinning on main stage at Lab Day. I have to check whether we got audio / video recordings. We can plan ahead for #AtmosphereConf if you’re up for it

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incognitothief @whereditgo.diamonds · 01/08/2026

My DJ style... I am not a very good DJ. There is no proper way to mix. I bring other things. The music. jagged approach. places I am not supposed to be. I am just a beatmaker recounting. Or equivalent of a graffiti artist. Not a DJ

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Local-First Conf @localfirstconf.com · 01/08/2026

Looks like YouTube playlist preview images in particular do this 🤷

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patak @patak.cat · 01/08/2026

If you're a maintainer, I highly recommend you watch Brendan's @localfirstconf.com talk. He goes over the story and lessons learned to get @iroh.computer from idea to 1.0. It's a testament to why finding and maintaining proper scope is fundamental to the success of open source projects.

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Brendan O'Brien — Iroh: syncing terabytes of data, peer-to-peer

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Willow (GHOST) @willow.sh · 31/07/2026

What other way to start the day but joy and cringing at watching myself speak. @patak.cat and my talk is up now!! 🧵 www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqdJ...

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Matias Capeletto & Willow (GHOST) - npmx: a fast, community-built browser for the npm registry

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T4T5 @t4t5.com · 31/07/2026

my @localfirstconf.com talk is now on youtube! it's a love letter to plaintext weirdos, and a case for why the best way to build AI apps is to add zero AI features www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZEB...

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Tristan Edwards — Plaintext-first apps in the age of agents

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Jeremy Theocharis @theocharis.dev · 31/07/2026

My @localfirstconf.com talk is online: how we ended up building local-first for factories, by necessity, not by choice. It ends with five requirements that stopped us adopting an existing sync engine. If we got any of them wrong, tell me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhca...

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Jeremy Theocharis — Local-first from the factory floor

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Pardis @djpardis.com · 31/07/2026

I'm recently back from @localfirstconf.com. I presented on Cueport, a local-first music player for DJs. Why a music player for DJs? And why local-first? Find out here ▶ www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkrB...

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Pardis Noorzad — Cueport: A local-first music player for DJs

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Jake Lazaroff @jakelazaroff.com · 31/07/2026

my @localfirstconf.com talk is up! showing how to use atproto to build realtime collaborative apps — multiplayer text editors, video chat, etc — without maintaining any infrastructure

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Jake Lazaroff — Building more resilient local-first software with atproto

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Jonas Schürmann @jonas-schuermann.name · 31/07/2026

The event photos of @localfirstconf.com 2026 are out, and here I am brabbeling at the @jazz.tools folks 😁 All photos: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

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Local-First Conf @localfirstconf.com · 31/07/2026

Huge thanks to our speakers, volunteers, venue staff, and sponsors @cloudflare.social, @powersync.com, @coderabbitai.bsky.social, @jazz.tools, @bsky.app, @tangled.org, and solstone.app for making this possible at an accessible price. And to everyone who came: this only works because you show up.

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Local-First Conf @localfirstconf.com · 31/07/2026

Talk recordings from day 1 & 2 are live! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Local-First Conf 2026 - YouTube

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Erikk Shupp @shupp.dev · 30/07/2026

Anyone local first community in DC area? Hit me up, we are going to try and startup some meetups in the area! Message me directly or reply and ill follow up with you #localfirst #washingtondc #northernva

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P(aul) Frazee @pfrazee.com · 28/07/2026

I wrote up my talk at @localfirstconf.com as a blogpost The AT Protocol is a high-scale network by design. It works by codifying proven architectures into a protocol. If you've ever used kafka to connect some backend services, then you basically know how atproto works.

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Starting from scale in the design of the AT Protocol

Bluesky was founded in 2022 to produce a protocol which Twitter could adopt. The product goals changed, but the requirements didn't.

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Bvsnumberone @bvsnumberone.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Thank you @localfirstconf.com for bringing so many great people to our location! Hope to see you all again. @cloudflare.social @powersync.com @coderabbitai.bsky.social @tangled.org #jazztools @solpbc.org

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b5 @b5.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Local first people! There are not enough LoFi events in NYC. Let’s fix that with a chill hang this coming Tuesday: luma.com/08byrv8l

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LoFi Meetup NY (Hosted by Iroh) · Luma

Join us at Radegast Hall & Biergarten for a drink and a casual chat about local-first software. "Local first" is a term for software that prioritizes data…

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Local-First Conf @localfirstconf.com · 23/07/2026

This was the third year and it’s likely the organizers will decide to do a fourth next year, but nothing to announce yet.

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Boris Journal Posts @bmannconsulting.com · 22/07/2026

I met Luke @luke.kanies.com at @localfirstconf.com & answered some atproto questions at the beer garden. He wrote Building on atproto with a lot of questions about permissioned data and how this meshes with local first.

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Luke Kanies | Building on ATProto

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Local-First Conf @localfirstconf.com · 20/07/2026

Yes, we have video recordings. Will be released for everyone in a couple of weeks.

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Razberry @raz.lol · 20/07/2026

a bit late but had soo much fun at @localfirstconf.com made lots of new friends and met wonderful ppl!

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Anatolii Smolianinov @tolya.dev · 18/07/2026

we, at anytype.io almost fell into implementation of global p2p rabbit hole back then and resisted the urge by miracle. After the talk Brendan gave at @localfirstconf.com it feels like we've dodged a bullet haha. And now we can just plug it!

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Anytype — A safe haven for digital collaboration

Create notes, tasks, databases, and chats that only you can access. Your data stays on your device — fully owned, secure, and private. Free to start.

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chancey @chancey.dev · 17/07/2026

@localfirstconf.com was so ridiculously inspiring it was lovely sharing energy, motivation, and general excitement for the future also meeting people i've admired for so long, like, you're real??

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Mihai @mihaizaurus.at · 17/07/2026

Reminder to those who were at @localfirstconf.com that the collection at semble.so/profile/miha... is open so feel free to add any cool links you think were missed from the conf, through the main talks or the side projects shown.

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Local-First 2026 Web Links (by Mihai) — Semble

Based on the document posted here https://bsky.app/profile/alex-morrison.bsky.social/post/3mqofcoz3522n

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Jens Rømer @jensroemer.com · 17/07/2026

My wife already stole my nice new @localfirstconf.com cap

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Jake Lazaroff @jakelazaroff.com · 17/07/2026

there is a straight line from my @recurse.com batch in 2023 to speaking in front of ~400 people—including many personal and professional heroes—at @localfirstconf.com. plus three years of learning, making friends (both online and off) and having a blog that i'm actually proud of. apply for a batch!

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Luke Hubbard @lukeinth.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Man that U&A call only had a handful of people but we had some amazing adhoc demos and discussions. @warpfork.bsky.social rocked his spacial window manager 🤯 @jenson.org showed us prototype he cooked up last night ⚡and @ruperts.world demoed television 📺 Cant wait to see more in the future ❤️

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Jens Rømer @jensroemer.com · 16/07/2026

Been hanging out with the wonderful @npmx.dev folks (they are serious when they talk about community!) and a lot of other awesome people this week. What a great conference @localfirstconf.com and thanks to everyone organising!

Five wonderful people with the Spree river of Berlin in the background.

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Laura ✨ @laurasinisterra.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Hanging out at the Berlin textile coop during @localfirstconf.com fulfilling multiple of my long time dreams: text + textiles + computations

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Alex Morrison @alex-morrison.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Very struck by @pvh.ca ‘s remark at @localfirstconf.com that ‘research can be an act of service’. So true, particularly now when research is being cut and undermined.

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Jeremy Theocharis @theocharis.dev · 15/07/2026

This week I spoke at @localfirstconf.com in Berlin. A lot of the audience had Claude Code open, and still applauded every time when a speaker would say something LLM-critical on stage. I feel the same. So I wrote it down: www.theocharis.dev/blog/llm-cri...

Jeremy Theocharis on stage at Local-First Conf 2026

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Justin @just-be.dev · 16/07/2026

Had a fantastic time at @localfirstconf.com. Started off relatively stark with discussions acknowledging the general political instability of our times and how much data sovereignty matters. Ended with an absolutely wild demo of @inkandswitch.com's patchwork project. Lots of good bits in between.

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Arcade W. @arcades.agency · 15/07/2026

@localfirstconf.com was wonderful, and is the reason I’m here now :P

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Jonas Schürmann @jonas-schuermann.name · 15/07/2026

@localfirstconf.com was a blast! Met so many kind and talented people. Thank you for the great discussions, I enjoyed all of your company. Thanks to the great orga team as well. Until next year!

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Anatolii Smolianinov @tolya.dev · 15/07/2026

@localfirstconf.com was so amazing! can't believe that it is just four years between ECOOP 2022 local-first subtrack and what we have now in local-first land

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Riccardo @chaoscafe.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Turns out all it took was @localfirstconf.com to break me out of the Post Twitter Stress & Delusion induced hermitage. That was an amazing conference, thanks to everybody there, both sides of the stage.

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Daniel Norman @norman.life · 15/07/2026

3rd year at @localfirstconf.com What keeps me coming back isn't the talks -- it's that the same faces keep showing up, and they're slowly turning into friends Feels less like a conference, more like a movement working to elevate user agency with software

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