Adam Wiggins
@adamwiggins.bsky.social
Working to make computers better. Cofounder of Ink & Switch, Heroku, Muse, Local First Conf.
Two weeks of real-world use on Firehose, my email triage prototype.
• 572 emails automatically labeled
• 77% coverage (confident labels)
• 98.2% accuracy on confident ✨
• 572 emails automatically labeled
• 77% coverage (confident labels)
• 98.2% accuracy on confident ✨
February 12, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Two weeks of real-world use on Firehose, my email triage prototype.
• 572 emails automatically labeled
• 77% coverage (confident labels)
• 98.2% accuracy on confident ✨
• 572 emails automatically labeled
• 77% coverage (confident labels)
• 98.2% accuracy on confident ✨
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All peer-to-peer systems have to compromise one way or another on this: they can decide that direct P2P is essential and simply fail, they can provide centralized fallback alternatives, or they can try to find/convince/incentivize another peer to route traffic on your behalf.
February 11, 2026 at 8:29 PM
All peer-to-peer systems have to compromise one way or another on this: they can decide that direct P2P is essential and simply fail, they can provide centralized fallback alternatives, or they can try to find/convince/incentivize another peer to route traffic on your behalf.
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Exciting news for the local-first community!
1. Local-first Conf Berlin is back on 12–14 July: www.localfirstconf.com
2. The nice folks at @cultrepo.bsky.social have made a documentary about the movement: www.youtube.com/watch?v=10d8...
1. Local-first Conf Berlin is back on 12–14 July: www.localfirstconf.com
2. The nice folks at @cultrepo.bsky.social have made a documentary about the movement: www.youtube.com/watch?v=10d8...
Local-First Conf 2026
Join us for the third edition of Local-First Conf. Connect with a rapidly-growing community in an intimate setting. Berlin 12-14th July 2026.
www.localfirstconf.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Exciting news for the local-first community!
1. Local-first Conf Berlin is back on 12–14 July: www.localfirstconf.com
2. The nice folks at @cultrepo.bsky.social have made a documentary about the movement: www.youtube.com/watch?v=10d8...
1. Local-first Conf Berlin is back on 12–14 July: www.localfirstconf.com
2. The nice folks at @cultrepo.bsky.social have made a documentary about the movement: www.youtube.com/watch?v=10d8...
Local-First Conf is back in 2026 for a third installment.
This year we'll double down on what's worked in the past... but do a few things differently.
This year we'll double down on what's worked in the past... but do a few things differently.
January 30, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Local-First Conf is back in 2026 for a third installment.
This year we'll double down on what's worked in the past... but do a few things differently.
This year we'll double down on what's worked in the past... but do a few things differently.
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We’re back. Save the date: www.localfirstconf.com
Local-First Conf 2026
Join us for the third edition of Local-First Conf. Connect with a rapidly-growing community in an intimate setting. Berlin 12-14th July 2026.
www.localfirstconf.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:54 PM
We’re back. Save the date: www.localfirstconf.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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The London Future of coding meetup came back last night!
Now renamed to "the feeling of computing". More context on the name change: feelingof.com/the-name/
I handed over running it to @todepond.com, @mimireyburn.bsky.social, and Chee. They're doing great – same energy and wild demos as always
Now renamed to "the feeling of computing". More context on the name change: feelingof.com/the-name/
I handed over running it to @todepond.com, @mimireyburn.bsky.social, and Chee. They're doing great – same energy and wild demos as always
January 23, 2026 at 9:59 AM
The London Future of coding meetup came back last night!
Now renamed to "the feeling of computing". More context on the name change: feelingof.com/the-name/
I handed over running it to @todepond.com, @mimireyburn.bsky.social, and Chee. They're doing great – same energy and wild demos as always
Now renamed to "the feeling of computing". More context on the name change: feelingof.com/the-name/
I handed over running it to @todepond.com, @mimireyburn.bsky.social, and Chee. They're doing great – same energy and wild demos as always
Can an algorithm learn your life priorities when sorting email?
In the first phase of my “personal information firehose” reseach, I trained an embedding-based classifier: adamwiggins.com/posts/triag...
In the first phase of my “personal information firehose” reseach, I trained an embedding-based classifier: adamwiggins.com/posts/triag...
Email triage with an embedding-based classifier · Adam Wiggins
I built a machine learning pipeline for email triage. Includes a hand-labeled golden set, training the model in the browser, and evals. Plus options for local vs cloud embeddings.
adamwiggins.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Can an algorithm learn your life priorities when sorting email?
In the first phase of my “personal information firehose” reseach, I trained an embedding-based classifier: adamwiggins.com/posts/triag...
In the first phase of my “personal information firehose” reseach, I trained an embedding-based classifier: adamwiggins.com/posts/triag...
We're all drinking from an information firehose, because sending messages via computer is frictionless.
But I believe we should be able to apply social media-style algorithms to help!
My new research project: adamwiggins.com/posts/perso...
But I believe we should be able to apply social media-style algorithms to help!
My new research project: adamwiggins.com/posts/perso...
Personal information firehose · Adam Wiggins
My new research project asks whether a personal algorithm, inspired by social media, can help us filter our email, group chats, and other personal correspondence.
adamwiggins.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:58 PM
We're all drinking from an information firehose, because sending messages via computer is frictionless.
But I believe we should be able to apply social media-style algorithms to help!
My new research project: adamwiggins.com/posts/perso...
But I believe we should be able to apply social media-style algorithms to help!
My new research project: adamwiggins.com/posts/perso...
After six years working on commercial products, happy to say I’m returning to the research world.
Today I start as a Researcher-in-Residence at @inkandswitch.com
Today I start as a Researcher-in-Residence at @inkandswitch.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:55 AM
After six years working on commercial products, happy to say I’m returning to the research world.
Today I start as a Researcher-in-Residence at @inkandswitch.com
Today I start as a Researcher-in-Residence at @inkandswitch.com
True peer-to-peer connections without server intermediation remains elusive for local first. Great to see ongoing research in this area.
@grjte.sh (who explored local-first and ATproto with Groundmist) explored Bitchat using Wi-Fi Aware rather than Bluetooth
7/ Check out the details, including a deeper discussion of challenges, a prototype of Bitchat over Wi-Fi Aware, and general notes on cross-platform Wi-Fi Aware implementation
👉 grjte.sh/bitchat-wifi...
👉 grjte.sh/bitchat-wifi...
December 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
True peer-to-peer connections without server intermediation remains elusive for local first. Great to see ongoing research in this area.
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Kinopio Year-End Investor Report
As you may know, Kinopio is organic software that's completely community funded. But if you're reading this, as far as I’m concerned, you’re invested in the future of Kinopio.
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As you may know, Kinopio is organic software that's completely community funded. But if you're reading this, as far as I’m concerned, you’re invested in the future of Kinopio.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Kinopio Year-End Investor Report
As you may know, Kinopio is organic software that's completely community funded. But if you're reading this, as far as I’m concerned, you’re invested in the future of Kinopio.
↓ 1/10
As you may know, Kinopio is organic software that's completely community funded. But if you're reading this, as far as I’m concerned, you’re invested in the future of Kinopio.
↓ 1/10
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The first batch of talks are published, the remaining will be published by end of week. 🌟
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
December 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The first batch of talks are published, the remaining will be published by end of week. 🌟
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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We’re hosting @syncconf.bsky.social Community Day and have an open space to drop in, hack, do demos, and connect with others working on sync and related systems.
Feel free to drop in during the day, we’ll do a few group discussions in the afternoon.
luma.com/l28n75qt
Feel free to drop in during the day, we’ll do a few group discussions in the afternoon.
luma.com/l28n75qt
November 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
We’re hosting @syncconf.bsky.social Community Day and have an open space to drop in, hack, do demos, and connect with others working on sync and related systems.
Feel free to drop in during the day, we’ll do a few group discussions in the afternoon.
luma.com/l28n75qt
Feel free to drop in during the day, we’ll do a few group discussions in the afternoon.
luma.com/l28n75qt
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@adamwiggins.bsky.social calling out a lot of important things in his talk:
Idealism vs pragmatism in software
Preventing data lockin during this AI shift
Longevity of software and data preservation
Idealism vs pragmatism in software
Preventing data lockin during this AI shift
Longevity of software and data preservation
November 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
@adamwiggins.bsky.social calling out a lot of important things in his talk:
Idealism vs pragmatism in software
Preventing data lockin during this AI shift
Longevity of software and data preservation
Idealism vs pragmatism in software
Preventing data lockin during this AI shift
Longevity of software and data preservation
November 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Getting excited for the conf, just 2.5 weeks away
The density of top-notch developers speaking (and attending) is off the charts!
The density of top-notch developers speaking (and attending) is off the charts!
Full lineup and schedule for @syncconf.bsky.social in SF on Nov 12. Link in the 🧵 below 👇
October 25, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Getting excited for the conf, just 2.5 weeks away
The density of top-notch developers speaking (and attending) is off the charts!
The density of top-notch developers speaking (and attending) is off the charts!
Four of the top minds in web development on stage together! 🔥
The panel at Sync Conf 2025 brings together @tannerlinsley.com, @jamescowling.dev, @schickling.dev and @aaronboodman.com for a deep dive into challenges and tradeoffs between the technical approaches being explored in sync today.
October 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Four of the top minds in web development on stage together! 🔥
It's a huge amount of work to run a CFP process, but also rewarding. Hope to write a debrief post about how we did it at some point.
It was agonizing to choose from among the 34 excellent submissions, but here are the four talks selected from our CFP process!
October 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It's a huge amount of work to run a CFP process, but also rewarding. Hope to write a debrief post about how we did it at some point.
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The Holy Grail for web apps is when my Passkey can unlock local private data.
September 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The Holy Grail for web apps is when my Passkey can unlock local private data.
Sync seems to be having a moment among web developers!
September 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Sync seems to be having a moment among web developers!
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I bought my ticket already and will be there!
Figuring out which of my colleagues at @inkandswitch.com might join us, and maybe a little community hacking alongside.
Figuring out which of my colleagues at @inkandswitch.com might join us, and maybe a little community hacking alongside.
August 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I bought my ticket already and will be there!
Figuring out which of my colleagues at @inkandswitch.com might join us, and maybe a little community hacking alongside.
Figuring out which of my colleagues at @inkandswitch.com might join us, and maybe a little community hacking alongside.
Have something to say about sync engines, local first, or sync as an enabler for AI agents? Submit your talk soon.
CFP is open until end of August. Share your ideas and help shape the future of Sync.
August 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Have something to say about sync engines, local first, or sync as an enabler for AI agents? Submit your talk soon.
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Announcing Sync Conf 2025. Join us in SF on Nov 12th.
August 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Announcing Sync Conf 2025. Join us in SF on Nov 12th.