The Jump to Hyperspace - Light Speed, User Agency, & Moving Past the Cloud

Explore a revolutionary approach to software development in this 45-minute conference talk from YOW! Australia 2023. Delve into the concept of local-first software (LoFi) and its potential to simplify app creation, enhance user ownership, and move beyond traditional cloud architectures. Learn how advancements in CRDTs, cryptography, and authentication enable offline functionality, peer-to-peer interactions, and federated systems. Discover the evolution of web technologies from dial-up to serverless, examine current constraints in app development, and uncover new possibilities in distributed systems and access control. Gain insights into universal compute and its implications for the future of software architecture.

Intro
From dial-up to serverless
Hard constraints
A new hope
Distributed/disorderly systems
Access control
Universal compute
Wrapping up
Outro