iOS
A UI test that normally finished in under a minute suddenly took almost 14 minutes. The problem was not CI load or a slower authentication flow. XCUITest was waiting for the wrong process to become idle.
Software Engineering
Authentication starts as a login screen and a token. Then sessions expire, requests fail, devices change, and sensitive operations require more trust. Eventually, authentication stops being a feature and becomes part of the architecture.
Mobile Development
After years of building native iOS apps, I chose Flutter for my own product. Here's why the decision was driven by product constraints, AI-assisted development, and long-term trade-offs rather than framework preference.
iOS
Every WWDC brings new frameworks and capabilities. What I'm hoping for this year is a little different: better tools for the parts of software development that consume the most time in real projects.
Software Engineering
I recently got pulled into a project that was technically “finished.” The app worked, the flows worked, and the subscriptions worked. But the founder still didn’t feel safe releasing it, and honestly… I understood why almost immediately. The app had been built pretty quickly by a couple of junior
iOS
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve joined a project and thought: “Okay… this is going to take a minute.” No docs. Weird naming. Logic scattered everywhere. And bugs that don’t make sense at first glance. And honestly… I’ve been on the other side of
iOS
Most decisions are not clean. You don’t always have time to design things properly. You don’t always get a stable backend. You don’t always get clear requirements. And still... you’re expected to ship. So the job is not to make perfect decisions. It’s to make