I Built a Messenger That Works Without the Internet — And It Changed How I Think

<p>Every mainstream messenger makes your phone number your identity. Change apps,<br /> change phones — it follows you. Join a group with strangers and you've handed<br /> every

<p>There's a kind of conversation that doesn't belong in WhatsApp. 💬</p> <p>You need to send someone a document. Or say something that shouldn't sit in a thread forever. Or talk

<p>description: Squawk is a self-hosted, open source voice and text chat app for gaming groups. Here's why I built it and what I learned along the way.</p> <p><a

<p><em>Every device you own has a speaker and a microphone. I decided to use them for something useful.</em></p> <h2> The problem worth solving </h2> <p>Natural disasters knock

<p>Most apps assume you're always online. But 3.4 billion people have unreliable or no internet access.</p> <p>I'm a full stack developer based in the Dominican Republic. One of

<p>Every developer I know loves working in the terminal, and they're some of the nicest people around. </p> <p>In Vietnam, the news keeps running stories about our declining

<h1> Why I’m Building More Local-First Software </h1> <p>Modern applications often follow the same pattern:</p> <p><strong>Open the app → connect to the internet → send data to a

<p>A while ago, I decided to answer a simple question:</p> <p>Could a single developer build a modern messaging platform with the help of AI?</p> <p>The answer turned out to be