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Brick Breaker Is Out: Remaking the BlackBerry Classic Without Losing What Made It Tense
Our remake of the BlackBerry Brick Breaker is live on Android. What we kept from the original, what we fixed, and why the creeping wall had …
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Deep-dives into software architecture, mobile app engineering, privacy-first AI tools, retro game development, and the lost art of no-bloat software.
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Why We Built RingBar: Turning Your Phone's Notch Into Something Useful
RingBar turns your phone's notch or camera cutout into a live battery and download-progress indicator, calibrated to fit your exact device.
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Why We Built Siro: A Data Usage Tracker That Shows Exactly Where Your Mobile Data Goes
Siro shows exactly which apps are using your mobile data, per app, per Wi-Fi network, in real time, so surprise data caps stop being a …
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Why We Built PreSpend: A Planning-First Budgeting App That Puts Commitment Before Spending
PreSpend starts with planning your money before you spend it, then goes further: loan tracking, subscriptions, savings goals, splitting …
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Why Spinix Is Just a Bar and a Tap: Designing Arcade Games Around One Honest Input
How we thought about Spinix, a minimalist CRT-neon tap-to-pivot arcade game built around a single input and a strict fairness principle.
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Why We're Building Resumiq: An AI Resume Builder That Doesn't Park Your Career on a Server
Resumiq is a resume and job-search app we're actively building, not shipped yet. Here's why we're building it and what to expect when it …
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The Lost Art of Lightweight Software: What Late-90s Web Engineering Taught Us
Why modern web applications have bloated to hundreds of megabytes, and how reviving late-90s efficiency principles makes modern apps …