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Notes on AI, mobile, and the craft of shipping.

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Short essays and longer playbooks from twenty-five years of building, leading, and now consulting. Opinions are my own; patterns are hard-won.

Field notes from the shipping floor.

May 10, 2026AI & Infrastructure8 min read

Ollama Finally Has Competition. A Weekend with oMLX

I spent a weekend putting oMLX on two Macs and benchmarking what it actually does. Here is the honest report, covering the Homebrew bug that almost killed the install, the silent Hugging Face hang that wasted twenty minutes of my afternoon, and why oMLX is the first local LLM server I have seen that takes "production" seriously on Apple Silicon.

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March 17, 2026Developer Tools8 min read

CleanMyMac Is Going to Hate Me for Writing This

I spent years paying for Mac cleaning tools until I discovered Mole, a free, open-source CLI that replaces CleanMyMac, AppCleaner, DaisyDisk, and iStat Menus in a single binary.

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February 17, 2026AI & Innovation12 min read

Unlearn to Unlock. Getting the Most Out of AI in 2026

The biggest barrier to AI productivity isn't learning new tools, it's unlearning old habits. A practical guide to the mindset shifts, tool strengths, and common traps of the AI era.

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January 19, 2026AI & Innovation15 min read

When AI Hallucinations Spark Real Innovation

How an AI's fabricated "Orion" tool claiming RDMA over Thunderbolt led me to discover a real distributed computing solution that actually exists.

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December 9, 2025AI Safety12 min read

AI-Assisted Supply Chain Poisoning. A New Attack Vector

How a hallucinated npm package version led to a production server compromise, and what developers need to know to protect themselves.

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November 5, 2025Accessibility12 min read

ADA/Accessibility Compliance Checklist for Mobile Apps

A comprehensive guide to making mobile applications accessible to all users, from screen reader support to motor accessibility.

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October 8, 2025DevOps13 min read

CI/CD Pipelines for Mobile. From Code to App Store

Build robust continuous integration and deployment pipelines for mobile applications, from automated testing to store submission.

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September 20, 2025Mobile Architecture10 min read

Framework Versioning & Distribution for Mobile SDKs

Master semantic versioning, dependency management, and distribution strategies for mobile frameworks and SDKs.

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August 14, 2025Security14 min read

Mobile Security for Regulated Industries. A Practical Guide

Security strategies for banking, healthcare, and enterprise mobile apps, when to use certificate pinning, modern alternatives, and compliance essentials.

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July 25, 2025Mobile Development11 min read

Theming & Localization Strategies for Multi-Brand Apps

Master the art of making one codebase look and feel like many different apps, from color systems to right-to-left layouts.

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June 10, 2025Mobile Architecture12 min read

Modular Mobile Architecture. Features as Frameworks

How to structure mobile applications as composable feature modules, enabling parallel development, independent testing, and flexible deployment.

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May 18, 2025Mobile Architecture15 min read

Building White-Label Mobile Apps. A Complete Architecture Guide

A comprehensive blueprint for architecting white-label mobile applications that scale across multiple brands while maintaining code quality and team velocity.

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April 22, 2025Mobile Architecture11 min read

Container App Strategies. Managing Multiple Brand Apps

Four proven strategies for structuring white-label container apps, from runtime configuration to micro-frontends.

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March 8, 2025iOS Development8 min read

Surviving API Deprecations. Lessons from 20 Years of Mobile Development

From Facebook's REST API shutdown to modern GraphQL migrations, hard-won wisdom on building resilient applications that survive platform changes.

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February 12, 2025Enterprise Mobile10 min read

From iPhone Configuration Utility to Modern MDM. The Evolution of Enterprise iOS

A journey through 15 years of iOS enterprise management, from XML profiles to declarative device management and the future of corporate mobile.

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January 15, 2025Industry Insights7 min read

The Power of Open Source. Reflections from a 20-Year Developer

From struggling with compilers to deploying with a click, how collaborative software development transformed our industry and what it means for the AI era.

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