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Software you own, networks you share.

Writing on local-first software, peer-to-peer networks, cryptography, automation and AI, for people who would rather hold their own keys.

Latest writing

3 essays

    • Local-First
    • Software

    Sovereign Software: The Case for Local-First

    The cloud promised convenience and delivered tenancy. Local-first software returns the deed to the person who actually does the work.

    7 min read

    • AI
    • Automation

    The Automaton in the Scriptorium

    Agents can draft, sort, and execute while we sleep. Run them locally, bound them with clear rules, and they become the best apprentices a craftsperson ever had.

    6 min read

Projects

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  • Quill

    A local-first notebook that syncs between your devices with no server in the middle.

    PrototypeCRDTs · WebRTC · IndexedDB

  • Courier

    Encrypted messaging over open relays, with an identity that is a key you hold.

    ResearchNostr · Signed events · Passkeys

  • Scribe

    A local agent runner that keeps every action in a plain-text log you can read.

    ConceptLocal models · Plain-text logs · Least privilege

About

I'm Oofytronic. I write and build at the frontier of distributed, decentralized and local-first technology, on the conviction that tools should serve the people who own them.

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