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chrysopraceyesterday at 10:21 PM2 repliesview on HN

Is InstantDB no longer about local-first or is the AI angle just a marketing thing?


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nezajyesterday at 10:48 PM

We built Instant to optimize for two things:

We wanted to make a tool that (a) would make it easy to build delightful apps, and that (b) builders would find easy to use.

This got us into making things that touch both local-first and AI.

On the local-first side, we took on problems like offline-mode, real-time, and optimisitc updates.

On the AI side, we built a multi-tenant abstraction, so you can spin up as many apps as you like, and focused on great DX/AX so agents found Instant easy to use too.

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dghlsakjgyesterday at 10:25 PM

This looks like a blog post highlighting that this can be used for vibecoded apps, not necessarily a pivot on the product.