Field OpsMobileInfrastructure
Offline-First Is Governance, Not Engineering
If a system requires perfect connectivity, it will fail exactly where institutional reliability matters most. Offline-first is a governance design choice.
Key Notes
- Offline queue + later sync is a governance control, not a convenience feature.
- Capture drift between device time and server time; store both.
- Design for intermittent networks as the default, not the exception.
- Every module must degrade gracefully — local cache, edge inference, sync-when-connected.