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I like this concept of “local-first software”. This is a very comprehensive survey.

https://www.inkandswitch.com/local-first.html

Foundational part of it are Conflict-free Replicated Data Types. Can’t say I know a thing about the details, but they sound pretty good:

"general-purpose data structures, like hash maps and lists, but multi-user from the ground up.

"we think CRDTs may be the foundation for collaborative software that gives users full ownership of their data"