Episode 126 · Full Stack Radio
126: James Long - Building Distributed Local-First JavaScript Applications
23 Oct 2019 · 1 hr 1 min
Episode 126 · Full Stack Radio
23 Oct 2019 · 1 hr 1 min
In this episode, Adam talks to James Long (creator of Prettier) about building Actual, a local-first Electron application with no central database that syncs data peer-to-peer.
by Adam Wathan · English · Tech & Science
A podcast for developers interested in building great software products. Every episode, Adam Wathan is joined by a guest to talk about everything from product design and user experience to unit testing and system administration.
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