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Offline-first approach

I've taken an offline-first approach to computing. I find it benefits me greatly, by using more resilient utilities, having technological sovereignty, and nonetheless spending less time on the Internet, more offline, even if it's on a computer.

I don't recommend data hoarding, I think each should keep how much data they consider to be useful, if they have the space required for it. Keeping offline wikis, dictionaries, translators, backups, passwords, can always prove to be helpful, relying less on hosted services, and more on yourself (Argos translate comes to mind as an offline translator).

Using offline-first tools also helps, meaning programs that don't connect to the Internet are more valuable than those that require a network connection, because they can work off-the-grid, usually don't try to get your attention and turn it to shreds in the great distraction machine of the Internet, are high quality, and personally I find them more appealing.

Having an offline-first approach also means controlling the flow of information that is received, not wanting a trickle of dopamine from the Internet, but knowing how much information we can handle in a day and leaving it at that, not going into an information overload.

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