Local-first apps prioritize user experience by ensuring that data is stored and processed on the user's device first, rather than relying solely on the cloud. This talk will explore the principles behind local-first software, its benefits for performance, privacy, and offline access, and how it contrasts with cloud-dependent applications, while drawing from lessons and personal experience from building makkuro.app

Join us for an engaging and insightful journey of transitioning a legacy web application with over 1 million users in the finance industry from Webpack to Vite. Discover the steps, challenges, and surprising moments that made this migration both an adventure and a valuable learning experience — including updating Node versions, modernizing npm packages, and unifying a custom homemade design system with a blend of SCSS and Tailwind.