{"ok":true,"article":{"slug":"presentation-why-fetch-when-you-can-sync-building-local-first-apps-on-a-sync-eng-97413cd2","title":"Presentation: Why Fetch When You Can Sync? Building Local-First Apps on a Sync Engine Architecture","url":"https://www.infoq.com/presentations/local-first-sync-engine/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=global","canonical":"https://www.aimode.news/article/presentation-why-fetch-when-you-can-sync-building-local-first-apps-on-a-sync-eng-97413cd2","sourceName":"InfoQ","summary":"James Arthur shares why sync is the next frontier in frontend architecture. He explains how extending reactivity to the server with Electric and TanStack DB replaces imperative fetching with declarative data bindings. Learn how query-driven sync and local optimistic updates enable engineering leaders to build insanely fast, collaborative, and agentic applications using their existing stack. By James Arthur","category":"Technology","image":null,"lang":"en","publishedAt":"2026-08-20T13:19:00+00:00","createdAt":"2026-08-20T13:30:13.542449+00:00"}}