What we have learned about launching and growing products, recorded by the people doing the work.
One codebase that feels native on iOS and Android, custom interfaces when the product calls for them, EAS for builds and updates, a maintained library for almost everything, native modules when you need them, and a stack that AI coding agents handle better than most. These are the reasons React Native with Expo is our default for mobile.
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AI coding assistants make some engineering work dramatically faster and leave the rest exactly as slow. This article covers the numbers from studies and agencies, what we see on our own projects, and the practices that decide whether the speed is real.
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The first thing a client sees from WeaveLines is a high-fidelity interactive prototype, in days. How a brief becomes screens with Claude Design, Figma Make and Replit, what the designer decides, what we validate with you, and what happens next.
Read moreAn AI capability usually takes one of three shapes. It can be an off-the-shelf tool, a feature built on a foundation model, or a custom model. This guide covers how to choose between them on value, data, cost over five years and the risk of being wrong.
Read moreRetrieval-augmented generation is how an AI assistant answers from your documents and records instead of guessing. What it is, when you need it, where it fails in production, and what it takes to build one that holds up.
Read moreVibe coding produces a working demo in an afternoon, and that is real. It also produces code nobody has read, with security flaws in about half of it, and it breaks the moment real users arrive. This article draws the line, presents the evidence, and sets out what to do instead.
Read moreThis article explains where a startup’s cloud bill comes from, what AWS, Cloudflare and a plain server each cost in money and in attention, and the habits that keep infrastructure spending in proportion to the product.
Read moreA fractional CTO gives a startup senior technical leadership on a part-time basis, covering the stack, the architecture, the hiring and the decisions that determine whether the product can scale. This guide explains what the role covers, when you need one, what it costs, and how it compares to a full-time CTO or an agency.
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