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I Built a Production iOS App With Rails and No Swift Developer
Why Hotwire Native ships mobile apps faster than React Native—and when you actually need a native framework
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Mobile development
Practical essays on mobile architecture, platform tradeoffs, hybrid approaches, PWAs, and when native complexity is either necessary or a self-inflicted wound.
Most mobile decisions are architecture decisions in disguise. The real cost usually isn’t the framework choice itself. It’s the number of codepaths, APIs, review cycles, and platform assumptions you commit to maintaining.
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- I Built a Production iOS App With Rails and No Swift Developer
- Expo Is Great for App Development—Until It Isn’t
- Why Your Android-First Mobile Strategy Is Leaving Money on the Table
- Your Native App is Dead: Long Live the PWA in 2025
If your team is trying to decide between native, hybrid, web, or “good enough for now,” this category should save you some expensive detours.
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Why Your Android-First Mobile Strategy Is Leaving Money on the Table
iOS users spend 2x more per app—here's what most founders get wrong about platform prioritization
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Your Native App is Dead: Long Live the PWA in 2025
Exploring the Shift from Native Apps to Progressive Web Apps in the Modern Era
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Three Ways to Ship a Git Hotfix Without Merging the Branch
When production is on fire and you can't merge the whole branch, three Git techniques will save you: patches, file exports, and cherry-picking.
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Why Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) and Headless CMS Are Still Relevant in 2024
Exploring the Continued Importance of PWAs and Headless CMS in Modern Web Development
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Expo Is Great for App Development—Until It Isn't
Expo feels magical until hardware integrations and native SDKs force you back into the complexity you were avoiding.
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