Episode 24
#24 – Ben Holmes: Astro, Simple Sync Engine & Warp
localfirst.fm · localfirst.fm
May 6, 20251h 11m
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Show Notes
The guest of this episode is Ben Holmes, a senior web developer and educator known for his whiteboard videos. After having spent most of his career building server-centric applications, Ben recently explored local-first software by building a simple sync engine which we talk through in-depth.
Mentioned in podcast:
- Ben Holmes: Website + X + YouTube + Bluesky + GitHub
- Astro
- Simple Sync Engine
- Warp
- Stop Building Databases by Carl Sverre
- SQLSync
- Graft
Links:
- Website: localfirst.fm
- X/Twitter: x.com/localfirstfm
- YouTube: youtube.com/@localfirstfm
Thank you to Jazz for supporting the podcast.
Topics
localfirstwebdevsoftware