The unreasonable advantage of building local-first - Jack McCloy (Local-First Conf)
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Published 2024-06-18
How a local-first architecture can be a competitive advantage for product teams and a business opportunity for infrastructure companies.
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All Comments (2)
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@Jack McCloy, any thoughts about the challenges of commercialising local first software? It seems that's a big hurdle to overcome, since a lot of developers like building SaaS because it gives them an easier way of monetising their software.
