Agents won't kill apps... on a phone, they can't act without them (opens in a new tab)
At WWDC this year, in the keynote, Apple confirmed something I had been holding as a logical...
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Your Low-Code Platform Was Designed for Someone With a Desk (opens in a new tab)
A year and a half ago, a manufacturing customer sent us a screenshot instead of a bug report. It was...
DEEP DIVE ARCHITECTURE & TECHNICAL ROI: GARMIN HEALTHBRIDGE APP (opens in a new tab)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This technical document analyzes the architecture, motivation, software design,...
How Much Does Google Play Closed Testing Cost? (opens in a new tab)
Short answer Google Play closed testing costs anywhere from $0 to around $35. Direct outreach,...
building and testing an iOS app without xcode (opens in a new tab)
TL;DR I build a native swiftui iOS app through a coding agent on a linux VM with no xcode. it ships...
One Vault, from Your Phone to the Browser (opens in a new tab)
Use Codename One's Vault API to encrypt synchronized records, keep operational keys opaque, and choose password, remembered-device, or passkey unlock.
Expo Framework for React Native (opens in a new tab)
So You Wanna Build a React Native App? Let's Talk Expo! Ever dreamt of building that slick...
Google Play Search Ranking for a New App: How It Works (opens in a new tab)
Short answer Google Play search ranking for a new app depends on keyword placement in the title and...
38 Dart & Flutter Tips That Actually Make a Difference in Writing Clean Code (opens in a new tab)
After 4+ years of building Flutter apps, I've learned that the biggest improvements come from small...
Same app. Same taps. Why does one feel premium? (opens in a new tab)
Revolut, Linear, and Apple Wallet feel expensive. Most apps don't. The gap is rarely the design. It...
We Didn't Want to Build Another Java Server (opens in a new tab)
Why we brought Codename One's mobile runtime to the server: small native Java executables, Go comparisons, and shared code from the app to its database.
The Pocket Retro: What a Companion App Really Costs (opens in a new tab)
Eleven parts ago, ClinicLive lived on a kiosk and a wall. This season made the trilogy's third...
The Confirmation Gap: Why "Request Accepted" Isn't "Action Happened" (opens in a new tab)
This week, three unrelated conversations converged on the same unsolved problem, independently. Worth...
What I Learned Building Reliable Android Reminders (opens in a new tab)
Building a task app with reminders taught me something I didn't fully appreciate at the beginning: A...
The Web2App Funnel Where Users Pay on the Web and Open the iOS App Already Logged In, Even Before It's Installed (opens in a new tab)
I built this crazy seamless system (Not sure, how its done usually in the industry), Where we are...
Android 17 Without the Last-Minute Scramble (opens in a new tab)
API 37 checks and a system location button prepare Android migration. PEM parsing and task-clearing exit put more security-sensitive platform and format handling into Codename One.
Javadoc That Feels Like Your Website (opens in a new tab)
A Java 25 doclet turns the Codename One API model and Markdown comments into Hugo content. The site gains integrated search and theming while preserving member links and the offlin...
How I Built a Local-First Journaling App with Flutter, Drift and Firebase (opens in a new tab)
I build Mindleau, a free brain-dump journal and mood tracker for iOS and Android. From day one, it...
I stopped prompting and started building a harness (opens in a new tab)
For the last few months I've been using AI agents in almost every part of my React Native work. At...
Zero Permissions: how an Android PDF editor ships with no INTERNET permission (opens in a new tab)
How an Android PDF editor ships with no INTERNET permission — and why that is a different kind of...
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