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Published notes on mobile engineering, product craft, and practical delivery.
Offline Maps on Mobile: Downloads, Storage, and Stale-Data UX
Maps that work offline are a superpower with a storage bill. Designing downloads, updates, and stale-data warnings users understand.
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KYC Onboarding in Fintech Apps: Verifying Identity Without Losing Users
Fintech onboarding must verify identity and still convert. How to design KYC flows that pass compliance without bleeding signups.
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Live Shopping in Mobile Apps: Commerce as Entertainment
Live shopping turns buying into a show. What makes a live commerce feature convert, and where it falls flat.
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Creator Tools Inside Consumer Apps: When Users Become the Content
Every consumer app wants user-generated content. The creator-tool decisions that decide whether users actually make anything.
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Tap to Act: Designing NFC Flows on Mobile
A tap is faster than a scan until it fails. Designing NFC flows that work in the real world — fallbacks, failure states, and the platform rules that shape the product.
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Health Data on Mobile: HealthKit, Health Connect, and the Permission Puzzle
Platform health stores are a goldmine with a permission gate. How to design health sync that users trust and platforms allow.
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Offer Codes and Promo Pricing: The Discount Lever App Stores Give You
Both stores hand you a discount lever most teams never pull. How offer and promo codes work, and when discounting costs more than it earns.
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Screen-Time Features as Product: Usage Limits Users Actually Thank You For
Capping usage sounds like anti-growth. Done right, screen-time features build the trust that keeps users around longer.
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The Waitlist Playbook: Launching a Mobile App With a Line Outside the Door
A waitlist can manufacture demand or just delay it. How to run one that turns early signups into a real launch day.
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AR Try-On in Mobile Commerce: When Virtual Preview Earns Its Cost
AR try-on promises fewer returns and more confidence. The product math that decides whether it earns its build and maintenance cost.
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QR Codes Are Back: Designing Scan-to-Act Flows on Mobile
QR codes quietly became infrastructure. Designing scan-to-act flows that work in bad light, shaky hands, and spotty networks.
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Data Portability as a Feature: Export, Import, and Switching Costs
Your users' data is their work, not your moat. How to build export and import that earn trust, satisfy regulators, and turn competitors' lock-in into your acquisition channel.
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