Sync Conf

@pfrazee is the CTO at @bluesky and one of the codesigners of the AT Protocol. He's going to talk about the Atmosphere's ideals about open computing, and how the team views tackling scale as core to the mission.

"AI is really shaking up everything. I think this does not make local-first at all, less relevant. I think this is, as for most things, a huge tailwind. " @schickling

Want to learn about a radical local desktop app that takes advantage of local-first principles for AI? Things that might be impossible (or very dangerous!) in a regular web app suddenly are possible. Then come listen to @tldraw founder @steveruizok speak at Local-First Conf 2026. July 12–14, Berlin

Our third #special is out. CfP for @localfirstconf 2026 is open. @_adamwiggins_ and Johannes @schickling discuss this year’s conference themes.

Local-First Conf 2026 tickets are now on sale. July 12–14 · Berlin · 350 people · single track This year's theme: user empowerment in an age of fluid software. We're going beyond CRDTs to explore malleable software, peer-to-peer, self-sovereign identity, open-weight models, ATproto, and much more. If you're building for user agency, this is your conference. CFP is open. We want YOUR talk. 👇localfirstconf.com

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All videos are now live! 🔥

The first batch of talks are published, the remaining will be published by end of week. 🌟 youtube.com/playlist?list=…

@tanvirraj @localfirstconf Yes, will publish asap. Our videographer had a Thanksgiving break but back at it this week. Will notify here when they are online.

@sync_conf @localfirstconf will you publish video for this

Thanks to everyone who came out to Sync Conf last week and made it a great first year.

We’re now shifting gears to @localfirstconf 2026 in Berlin. Dates announced soon.

Thanks to @vapiaibusiness for sponsoring. They give developers tools to build natural, production-ready voice agents.

Closing out the first Sync Conf Adam Wiggins @_adamwiggins_ talked about how sync is a pragmatic bridge that gets us to many of the ideals of Local First software for a more enlightened future.

Awesome talk by Sunil Pai @threepointone from @Cloudflare exploring the intersection of sync technology with AI agentic systems, concluding that all agents need a sync engine.