offline-first.md
This essay is sample content. Replace it with your own writing before production deployment.
Teams often discuss offline work after the main product has been designed. By then, the interface already assumes that every action can be confirmed by a server.
Choose the promise first
Can a person finish the job without a connection? Can they safely share the device? Which actions are reversible? The answers determine what must live locally and which conflicts deserve a human decision.
Make uncertainty visible
“Saved” and “synced” are not the same state. A durable local draft can be honestly saved while still waiting to reach another device. Products become easier to trust when they name that distinction.
Sync is an implementation. Offline-first is the promise the product makes before the network returns.
