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Google api
Hi everyone, Recently I’ve been working on a small app and decided to go all‑in with Google APIs. I’d like to share some thoughts for anyone who’s considering t...
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Offline-First PWAs: Build Resilient Apps That Never Lose Data
Mental health and mindfulness tools are essential for many users. However, a common pain point occurs when a user tries to log their mood in a “dead zone”—like...
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LocalFirst: You Keep Using That Word
Article URL: https://www.deobald.ca/essays/2026-01-01-localfirst-you-keep-using-that-word/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46506957 Points: 1...
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The Zero-Rent Architecture: Designing for the Swartland Farmer
'Offline‑First “Zero‑Rent” Architecture Building resilient software for the real world
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Offline-First App Architecture with Firestore and Local Caching
Offline‑First App Architecture with Firestore and Local Caching We used to treat connectivity as a guarantee. By 2026, we’ve learned that “Lie‑Fi”—those frustr...
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Building Markdown Scribe
I'm a developer who's long wanted to try Rust. This winter break, I finally dove in—no more excuses. As a self‑learner, I skipped exhaustive tutorials and focus...
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Offline-First Android: Build Apps That Keep Working When the Network Doesn’t
Introduction Mobile connectivity isn’t “good” or “bad” — it’s inconsistent. Shopping malls, subway tunnels, packed airports, national‑park campsites, and long...
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Why Your Health Data Belongs on Your Device (Not the Cloud): A Local-First Manifesto
Let’s be real for a second. How many patient portals do you have logins for? I have one for my GP, one for the dentist, one for that specialist I saw three year...
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I’m Proposing an Offline-First Computing Standard — Here’s Why
The Problem With Always-Online Assumptions Modern software increasingly treats the internet as a hard dependency: - Applications refuse to open without connect...
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Start Here: PainTracker + CrisisCore Build Log (Privacy-First, Offline-First, No Surveillance)
Overview PainTracker is a privacy‑first, offline‑first pain tracker built for the moments that matter. No cloud dependency. No surveillance business model. Cli...
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No Backend, No Excuses: Building a Pain Tracker That Doesn't Sell You Out
Overview Pain Tracker is a chronic pain‑management app that runs entirely on the user’s device. There are no accounts, no cloud sync, and no telemetry—your hea...