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I am fully on the offline-first bandwagon after starting to use cr-sqlite (https://vlcn.io), which works similar to ElectricSQL.

I thought the bundle size of wasm-sqlite would be prohibitive, but it's surprisingly quick to download and boot. Reducing network reliance solves so many problems and corner-cases in my web app. Having access to local data makes everything very snappy too - the user experience is much better. Even if the user's offline data is wiped by the browser (offline storage limits are a bit of a minefield), it is straightforward to get all synced changes back from the server.

Yes, I have trialled this. I've found it works best with this workflow:

  1. Summarise some prose (from a textbook) into bullet points
  2. Convert these to flashcards
  3. Make these flashcards more concise
I then verify they are correct/relevant, only keeping those that are worthwhile.
Ask HN: Idea Sunday 12 years ago

Hosted PostgreSQL service with exposed HTTP API and ACL/validation hooks. Also syncing hooks to plug into SQLite/iDB/etc for offline apps.

Sort of like Cloudant/Firebase but using relational db.