Just received my author copies of the second edition of DDIA! After years of seeing it only on-screen, holding the final print book in hand is very special. @chris.blue

This is our third time out with Local-First Conf! In past years we've thoroughly explored some core topics like sync engines and CRDTs. In 2026, we're broadening into areas like identity, e2ee, malleable software, and open-weight models.

Early bird tickets are sold out...😱

Following just dropped in Semble 🫳🎤  You can follow other users *and* collections 🥂

Tickets for Local-First Conf 2026 are now on sale! Join us July 12-14 in Berlin for 2 days of single-track talks, and then a 3rd day we're calling "Lab Day", hosted by us at Ink & Switch

Tickets for Local-First Conf 2026 are now on sale July 12–14 · Berlin · 300 people · single track Theme: user empowerment in an age of fluid software. We're going beyond CRDTs and sync. If you're building for user agency, this is your conference. Tickets live now → localfirstconf.com

The LIVE Programming Workshop will be held online Oct 17. Submissions due July 21. liveprog.org

@expede.wtf and @patternist.xyz presenting Automerge and Keyhive

#LocalFirst devroom at #FOSDEM will be live at 09:00 CET ! For those who are not with us in Brussels to attend 8 hours of the best speakers lineup ever, there is a live stream. You can interact with the speakers during Q&A sessions by using Matrix. See you in a bit. live stream: openlocalfirst.org

Malleable software, open social protocols, self-sovereign identity, and local models are a few topics on our mind. What do you think should be on-topic for Local-First Conf 2026?

We’re back. Save the date: www.localfirstconf.com

look mum I’m in a documentary about the next big thing in software www.youtube.com/watch?v=10d8... (thx @cultrepo.bsky.social and @localfirstconf.com !)

We’ve got a save the date announcement today for this year’s Local-First Conf @localfirstconf.com - July 11th to 14th in Berlin. We’re supporting the conference & leaning into some “Day 3” content with some malleable software and other topics. Add your email to be notified!

10m documentary film on the local-first software movement! www.youtube.com/watch?v=10d8...

In 9 days from now, join the #LocalFirst and #CRDT devroom at #fosdem26 #fosdem in Brussels! @expede.wtf @patternist.xyz @automerge.org @inkandswitch.com

In 9 days from now, join the #LocalFirst and #CRDT devroom at #fosdem26 #fosdem in Brussels! @expede.wtf @patternist.xyz @automerge.org @inkandswitch.com

Join us this week with @pvh.ca of @inkandswitch.com and @automerge.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgyd... open.spotify.com/episode/4J3m...

We're all drinking from an information firehose, because sending messages via computer is frictionless. But I believe we should be able to apply social media-style algorithms to help! My new research project: adamwiggins.com/posts/perso...

After six years working on commercial products, happy to say I’m returning to the research world. Today I start as a Researcher-in-Residence at @inkandswitch.com

@patternist.xyz and I are talking about @automerge.org and Keyhive at @fosdem.org 2026 in the @localfirst.bsky.social room 🎉 If you're attending FOSDEM, come say hi! openlocalfirst.org/schedules/#4...

Most important first, there will be a drink/after party once the devroom will be over. We have booked a very nice café that will be waiting for us with warm food, beers, and any kind of drink. It is just a 10 min walk. More details here: openlocalfirst.org/blog/after-p... Come and meet us there :)

Hello #Local-First enthusiat, We have great news to share with you! @fosdem.org '26 wil be hosting a full devroom dedicated entirely to local first software. We have gathered the best lineup ever, all the major open source projects will be presenting! Come and join us, it is free! openlocalfirst.org

FoC London returns in January! Come along :)) luma.com/qe8iexzs?tk=...

Very happy to announce I’ve officially joined as a researcher @inkandswitch.com to work on malleable software! I’ve also been doing lots of quiet work on @folkjs.org with @chrisshank.com and look forward to sharing more of that soon too!

I'm leaving @tldraw.com to enter the world of contracting. From January, I'll be prototyping contributor tools at @wikipedia.org My next availability is June!

So much good stuff happening at @inkandswitch.com these days! www.inkandswitch.com/newsletter/...

So glad I went to this! (you can see me in one of the photos!) Had an exciting talk with @lukeinth.bsky.social and Yan about Xenon.

absolute highlight of the week was the @inkandswitch.com meetup and talking to @wolkenmachine.bsky.social about his work on programmable ink, and catching a wild @expede.wtf and @pvh.ca too! That team remains brilliant, radical, and decent in equal measures.

Earlier today at the sync community day. Thanks @bmann.ca for arranging. Lots of user agency focused discussions and demos.

We’re hosting @syncconf.bsky.social Community Day and have an open space to drop in, hack, do demos, and connect with others working on sync and related systems. Feel free to drop in during the day, we’ll do a few group discussions in the afternoon. luma.com/l28n75qt

Myself and @seaofclouds.com will be packing new @inkandswitch.com and @automerge.org stickers at @syncconf.bsky.social tomorrow Looking forward to seeing everyone!

And one more final lightning talk. @gregdetre.bsky.social is going to share his living articles prototype. Thanks for joining us Greg! P.S. yes, the event is pretty much full up.

We've got two lightning talks confirmed for next weeks London event: Building new tools for Science * Agnes Cameron will tell us about Malleable Knitting Software * Adewale Oshineye will share GeistFabrik, a Python-based divergence engine for Obsidian vaults. ~10 spots left if you want to join

🎟️Tickets! Normal bird nearly sold out, get them now before they're gone: sync-conf-2025.eventbrite.com

See you in London, Nov 11th. Room for a couple of lightning talks if you have something to share.

Pre-conf and post-conf 🛰️ events! Meetup the evening before (Nov 11) by @expo.dev & Instant - luma.com/9ufhvv38 Community day after (Nov 13) organised by @inkandswitch.com - luma.com/l28n75qt Both already waitlist / invite only but there's priority slots for @syncconf.bsky.social attendees.

Thanks to everyone that attended the community call today! 🍿 For those that couldn't make it, here's the recording featuring @patternist.xyz, @nikgraf.bsky.social, @daffl.xyz, @spiralganglion.com, and @seaofclouds.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwOw...

We have a shiny new website courtesy of @spiralganglion.com and @seaofclouds.com 🙌 🚀 Check it out: automerge.org

So excited to share that I'm a Researcher-in-Residence @inkandswitch.com! I'll be hanging out with the amazing people there in my free time - can't wait to share what I've been working on 🥳

It's that time again: ✨we’re hiring✨ We're looking for a @godotengine.org IDE Engineer to help us build the next generation of collaboration tools inside the engine itself! More detail here: inkandswitch.com/jobs/godot-ide-engineer (Remote role 🌍🌎🌏)

It's pretty cool that Ink & Switch is contributing to this big ARIA programme now. We get two big things out of it: funding (obviously) but also a community of fascinating creators and problems to connect with. I'm learning all about the UK power grid this week. www.inkandswitch.com/newsletter/d...

✨🤝 Thanks to everyone that joined us this week for the Automerge Community Call! If you weren't able to make it, here's the recording, including talks by @patternist.xyz and @matheus23.com 🍿 www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhV4... 📆 Call calendar: lu.ma/automerge 🍂 Next call is September 24!

On August 27th, @expede.wtf is talking local first at the next @getdweb.net meetup, The State of the DWeb: P2P, Local-First & Where to go from here Register to join the virtual presentation www.eventbrite.com/e/dweb-meetu...

Notion's new offline support is based on our rich text CRDT research x.com/ivanhzhao/st...

I bought my ticket already and will be there! Figuring out which of my colleagues at @inkandswitch.com might join us, and maybe a little community hacking alongside.

The ✨very first✨ of the monthly Automerge Community Call series is happening THIS WEDNESDAY at 9am PT! Talks 🎤😲 ∙ @patternist.xyz: Insights about Automerge 3 internals ∙ @matheus23.com: P2P Automerge Repo with @iroh.computer Come hang out, learn, and ask questions! 👉 Sign up at lu.ma/zv6tpuu4

The Ink & Switch team is coming through London and we're having a social to share some recent news and research from the lab, and catch up with people in London interested in local first, malleable software, and other similar areas of making better computing. Aug 16th, 6pm in London

Want to hear about the latest in Automerge? Come join the Community Call Kickoff on August 20 (and sign up for the calendar while you're at it!) lu.ma/zv6tpuu4

Do you write TypeScript? Enjoy Automerge? Love building both tools and community? You might be a great fit for our ✨new✨ Automerge TypeScript Maintainer role! www.inkandswitch.com/jobs/automer... (Remote role, 🇬🇧 UK-based preferred but not required)