#17 – Kyle Simpson: Local-first identity

The guest of this episode is Kyle Simpson, a prolific JavaScript engineer and author of the book You Don’t Know JS. Over the past years, Kyle has been researching user identity and encryption in a local-first context which we explore in depth in this episode. This conversation will dive into the story that led Kyle to local-first including what he calls Web 2.5 and Zero Servers.Editor's Note: when Kyle speaks about SilentJS, is actually referring to QuiteJS (link below)Mentioned in podcastKyle Simpson: x.com/getifyX / me.getify.comLocal-peer-to-peerWebauthn-local-clientLocal-data-lockLocal-vaultStorageQr-data-syncVella.aiSocket SupplyYou-Dont-Know-JSLoFi.soQuietJSLinks: Website: localfirst.fmX/Twitter: x.com/localfirstfmYouTube: youtube.com/@localfirstfmThank you to PowerSync and Rocicorp for supporting the podcast.