It's local first because you write your data locally, first, then you sync it. As opposed to writing it remotely first. Also how many well designed APIs for s

It's local first because you write your data locally, first, then you sync it. As opposed to writing it remotely first. Also how many well designed APIs for sync really exist in the wild? I feel like you need a decent knowledge of distributed systems theory to even understand the problem space. "Last write wins" is a cop out and just means you are throwing away data semi-arbitrarily.