What happens when we stop treating the default SaaS model as inevitable and start exploring the web at its most radical?

Kristoffer decided to build the most extreme example of an Enshittification-resistant app he could think of.
A fully open-source, static PWA, where files live on the user’s device, and are shared through email, text messages, social media or cloud services rather than stored as objects in an account-based database.

Not as a realistic alternative, but to see what new alternatives to the traditional SaaS model he could find by exploring the boundaries of on-line tools.

This is a practical, forward-looking talk about using the edges of the web as a laboratory for better product thinking. Not to replace SaaS wholesale, but to inspire new architectural and product choices that make mainstream software better.

Three takeaways
Exploring the edge of the web reveals ideas that can improve mainstream SaaS.
Local-first, portable, and installable software creates new options for trust, ownership, and product design.
Radical web architectures are valuable not just as alternatives, but as inspiration for better defaults.

Short summary
A forward-looking web talk about using radical open-web patterns—PWAs with Service Worker for offline capabilities, local-first data, file-based workflows, and open-source distribution—as a way to discover ideas that can improve traditional SaaS products.

aimed at people who have built or used SaaS and are tired of the enshittification
40 minutes
no technical knowledge required, but the talk will mention specific techniques like Service Workers, WebAppManifest, etc but the focus is on exploring alternative METHODS rather than showing code