Love/Hate: Upgrading to Web2.5 with Local-First
summary
Argues Web2 is literally crumbling: average page size is ~2.7 MB and the 90th percentile is 10.5 MB (growing ~7–8%/yr), service‑worker/Next.js demos preload thousands of images, and cloud/subscription models lock users out or rent back their own data. Proposes no spinners and data colocated with the app as the core of local‑first/Web2.5: offline‑first, network optional, seamless sync and backups, user custody of identity (citing Incan Switch and local‑first web.dev and HTTP Archive data).
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction and divides
- 10:12False dichotomies in tech
- 13:23Web2 foundations crumbling
- 20:22Privacy and data ownership crisis
- 22:33Performance and bloated web
- 29:38Access inequality and cost
- 32:27Complexity and sustainability
- 38:46Local-first development explained
- 40:10Seven principles of local-first
- 42:40Q&A and closing
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