The Work
Software that installs on a machine and belongs to whoever installed it. No login wall, no monthly fee, no service that can be discontinued out from under you.
The clearest example is on the Work page. Drift is a Windows calendar built for a client, with every appointment in a local database file on their own machine. No account, no cloud, works with the connection off.
Why It Is Small
Most desktop applications today ship an entire browser inside them and land somewhere in the hundreds of megabytes. Drift is built on Tauri with a Rust shell instead, and the finished application is around 10 MB.
That is not a technical vanity metric. It downloads faster, starts faster, and uses less of a machine that your staff are already asking too much of.
Local First
Keeping data on the user's machine removes an entire category of problems. There is no server to pay for, no account system to secure, no outage, and no leak. The owner can back the file up or move it to another computer without asking permission.
It also means the software keeps working if I disappear, which is the point.
On Mobile
I build mobile when a project genuinely needs it, and I will tell you plainly that most do not need it first. The modern web handles notifications, offline use, camera access, and installing to a home screen. Going to the app stores adds review delays and a permanent update tax before you have proof anyone wants it. Ship the web version, prove demand, then build the app.