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November 12, 2024

#17 – Kyle Simpson: Local-first identity

#17 – Kyle Simpson: Local-first identity
Sponsored byPowerSyncRocicorp

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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)

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