Not Every File Needs a Server: Building File Tools with a Local-First Approach

Not Every File Needs a Server: Building File Tools with a Local-First Approach When we think about online file tools, the architecture often looks Choose a file ↓ Upload it to a server ↓ Process it ↓ Download the result It works. But while building file utilities, I kept coming back to a simple Does every file really need to leave the user's device? For many common operations, the answer is no. Modern browsers are capable of doing much more than simply uploading At the same time, trying to make everything client-side introduces its That led me toward a fairly simple principle: Process locally