What Nikita Prokopov thinks about innovation
Programmer and designer who writes at tonsky.me; author of Fira Code, DataScript and AnyBar.
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1 dated position, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Nikita Prokopov has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingLocal-first software will not become the dominant architecture, and that is an acceptable outcome.
Their wordsLocal-first is not going to win, but that's okay We'll explore the complexities of traditional stack (db-server-frontend), develop a theory of software evolution: which systems succeed and why.
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