Thoughts on app development, design, privacy, fintech, and building in South Africa. Written by the people who build things.
The Protection of Personal Information Act is fully in effect. Here's what it means for your app, your data model, and your users — in plain English.
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What we learned building a gamified education app for South African kids — from token economics to parental trust, the challenges were all deeply human.
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We've integrated all three in production. Here's our honest comparison of fees, developer experience, and which one to choose for your South African product.
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We shipped 3 Flutter apps in 2025. Here's our honest assessment of where Flutter shines, where it struggles, and why we're still reaching for it first.
Read ArticleAfter reviewing dozens of South African app UIs, these five problems appear again and again. If your app has any of them, you're leaving money on the table.
Read ArticleWhy we moved our object detection, text recognition, and face detection features entirely on-device — and how ML Kit made it straightforward.
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