After the conference
We still have big smiles on our faces from seeing all of you at Local-First Conf last week.
wow. @localfirstconf wasnt a conference. it was a festival.
— Carl Assmann (@ccssmnn) May 28, 2025
a festival of ideas about how to scratch the itch we are all feeling.
we feel this itch, so we built that.
we have a slightly different feel, so we built something different.
everyone was curious and excited, eager…
Twice as big as last year (300+ compared to 150+ people), two days of talks instead of one, and an unconference in addition to the workshops on community day. But of course it’s the “hallway track” that we enjoy them most.
Community day at @localfirstconf, absolutely mind blowing.
— Jesper Bylund -- just/acc (@JesperBylund) May 26, 2025
Fantastic new technology. And the most active participation I’ve seen at a conference. Half the ppl spent the day in small groups to discuss solutions to current problems. Amazing!
More events
Sync Conf is a companion event to Local First Conf (organized by the same people) taking place Nov 12 in San Francisco. The Call For Papers is open now!
Also check out Sync London on July 1, and the #events channel in our Discord for other local-first and adjacent events.
Videos coming soon
We’re now editing the videos of all talks and expect to publish them to our YouTube channel in the coming weeks. We’ll send another email when they’re available.
In the meantime, Feynon has written up notes on all the talks. If you know of other good conf writeups on blogs or social media, please post them in Discord.
I had a wonderful last few days in Berlin at this year’s @localfirstconf.
— André König (@ItsAndreKoenig) May 28, 2025
I met friends and got to know new people.
I loved everything, from seeing spectacular launches, to the conversations about the potential in this paradigm shift, to diving deep into the specialties of…
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