#9 – Dax Raad: Local-First SaaS

The guest of this episode is Dax Raad, who is using local-first in multiple projects including the serverless deployment tool SST.dev, a healthcare app and an upcoming personal finance app. This conversation will explore how local-first simplifies app development, the UX and data patterns he used on and how self-hosting could empower local-first apps. 00:00 Intro 02:12 Local-first motivation and projects overview 11:28 A slower initial page load is worth it 18:19 Local-first makes app development simpler 23:45 Local-first data patterns 34:39 Self hosting 48:50 Updating a local-first app 52:25 New challenges with local-first 57:46 Advice for builders 01:02:14 Outro Mentioned in podcast Dax Raad: https://x.com/thdxr + https://thdxr.com SST.dev: https://sst.dev Rethinking the startup MVP: Building a competitive product: https://linear.app/blog/rethinking-the-startup-mvp-building-a-competitive-product Links: Website: https://localfirst.fm X/Twitter: https://x.com/localfirstfm Local-First Conf 2024: https://www.localfirstconf.com Thank you to https://expo.dev/ and https://crabnebula.dev/ for supporting the podcast