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akarnam37··on Show HN: I built a local-first timeboxing app that never leaves your computer
Thanks!

Yeah — I started with localStorage mostly because FocusBox’s data model is super lightweight (a few task objects + session state). It kept the initial version simple and easy to reason about.

That said, I’ve definitely thought about moving to IndexedDB (or a wrapper like Dexie) if/when I add features like session history or richer analytics.

sync — I’ve been exploring ideas around optional, user-controlled sync (Dropbox or even GitHub Gist). I love your approach of using 3rd-party storage rather than a backend — keeps things local-first but still portable.

how did you handle conflict resolution with Dropbox? That’s one piece I’ve been thinking through for sync.