# Turned off WiFi - Continuum kept working
Something small but telling I noticed today.
I turned off Wi-Fi entirely and kept working in Continuum.
I could still write, edit, and revise drafts without interruption.
The app didn’t lock me out or stop me from working — it just couldn’t reach relays when I tried to publish (as expected).
That contrast stood out to me.
If I only had a network-dependent client available, I would have been completely blocked the moment the internet disappeared.
Not a critique — just an observation.
Local-first changes how software behaves when the world goes offline.
# Milestone - Continuum Running Elsewhere
Today marked a real milestone for me.
For the first time, someone other than myself was able to run Continuum on their own machine and actually use it.
This was done *outside* of any traditional Nostr client — although Continuum is, in essence, a client itself. There was no app store, no hosted platform, no account creation flow. Just local software running on someone else’s computer.
There was some startup friction (as expected, and now documented).
The interaction UI is still rough in places.
But another human being was able to:
* update a profile,
* publish a note,
* publish an article,
* and then see that content show up across multiple independent Nostr clients.
That matters.
It means this isn’t just “working on my machine.”
It means the core loop is real: **publish once → exist everywhere**, without being tied to a single app or platform, and running **entirely on your own machine.**
This is still early, still imperfect, still very much in progress — but today crossed an important line.
I’m grateful for the patient tester, honest friction, and the reminder that real software only becomes real when someone else uses it.
One step at a time.
#Sovereignty #Consistency #IndependentPublishing #LongTermThinking