Adam Fish

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CEO and co-founder of Ditto, the edge sync platform. Previously VP of Product at Realm (acquired by MongoDB). 13+ years building sync engines.

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Why Local First Matters to Businesses

by adam-fish

Local-first technology only matters if it translates into business outcomes — reliability, speed, revenue. The biggest trap is optimizing for developer fascination instead of real-world impact.

local-first edge-computing business-value peer-to-peerFeb 22, 2026

CRDTs Solved Conflicts, Not Sync

by adam-fish

CRDTs are a solid substrate for sync engines, but transport reliability, multiplexing, compression, query-based sync, and distributed deletes are the harder — and more valuable — engineering challenges.

sync-engines local-first crdt distributed-systems mesh-networkingOct 7, 2025