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Mikael Siidorow

@siidorow.dev

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Builder & product engineer. Wrote my MSc thesis on sync engine adoption. Local-first curious. #buildinpublic

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Mikael Siidorow @handle.invalid · 12/07/2026

First time at @localfirstconf.com, looking forward to meeting many cool people! 🙌

A local-first conf 2026 banner mounted on a fence with metaballs in the backdrop behind the text

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Anselm Eickhoff @anselm.io · 24/06/2026

For his master's thesis, @siidorow.dev interviewed me about how @jazz.tools fits into the landscape of sync engines and local-first DBs. Now that it's published (congrats!) I can say that it is *the* most rigorous & precisely categorized overview of our field! PDF: aaltodoc.aalto.fi/server/api/c...

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Mikael Siidorow @handle.invalid · 12/03/2026

Building good UI is really hard. Chat buys time to figure out what it actually needs to be. Not the end state, but way better than rushing dashboards nobody wants to use #buildinpublic #webdev

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Mikael Siidorow @handle.invalid · 07/03/2026

I moved all my personal projects off Vercel to a self-hosted Hetzner server Free tiers are great for hobby projects. But the moment you need long-running processes, you're paying. A sync engine, a 24/7 data collector, Postgres. These aren't serverless workloads. #buildinpublic #selfhosting #webdev

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Mikael Siidorow @handle.invalid · 10/02/2026

SWEs really love talking about their tech stack, especially if it involves sync or local-first

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Mikael Siidorow @handle.invalid · 30/01/2026

Our caching strategy is "hope two people don't edit the same thing at once." Low concurrency has been carrying the entire stack for years. Now more users and larger orgs are jumping in and the cracks are starting to show.

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Mikael Siidorow @handle.invalid · 16/02/2025

Just watched @maggieappleton.com's talk on home-cooked software and it really clicked with what I'm doing with sweepmail.app! 🎯 Makes sense that not every piece of software needs to scale to millions of users 🛠️ #buildinpublic #webdev #indiehacker

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Mikael Siidorow @handle.invalid · 15/02/2025

I just launched a waitlist for sweepmail.app! ✨🧹 Google Cloud allows me to invite up to 100 test users. I will let some people test the app in the next few weeks once the core functionality is in place! #buildinpublic #indiehacker #productivity #webdev

sweepmail.app

Sweepmail - Reach Inbox Zero with Blazing Fast Email Automation

Powerful shortcuts and intelligent rules transform your inbox. Stay focused on what matters.

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Mikael Siidorow @handle.invalid · 09/02/2025

I just built a toy version of my Gmail client for mysidequest.xyz Week 3! It has working OAuth and connection to the Gmail API. Only text render at this point, but I learned a lot about parsing the email format. I even got åöä to work properly 🙌 #webdev #sidequest #buildinpublic

Screenshot of a work in progress web application showing an email with text content only and a JSON block below that with the email in raw format

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Mikael Siidorow @handle.invalid · 30/01/2025

I am building a side project with mysidequest.xyz! My goal for the program is to have a functioning email client that I can personally use instead of sluggish Gmail by the end of 6 weeks. Planning to post progress updates here every week! #svelte #local-first #gmail

Zero clicks, zero unread emails

Blazing shortcuts and smart rules run your email inbox on autopilot. Lets founders focus on what matters: ship fast and talk to customers—not on unread emails.

project index, sidequest

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Mikael Siidorow @handle.invalid · 27/11/2024

Hey bsky! Never became active on Twitter, but this seems like a new start 👋 Interested in all things web dev. Recently dove into the world of local-first thanks to @syntax.fm and @localfirst.fm. Looking to found a startup at some point in the near future 🏗️

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