Token-launch bootstrap — QA login bypass without weakening production auth
July 03, 2026What made token-based QA login bootstrap hard: real tokens, QA builds, and third-party automation that could not be reproduced locally
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Managing OTA updates across hotfix branches and customer flavors
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What I learned integrating native features into a React Native app
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How I use AI in my daily engineering routine
May 05, 2026How I use AI as a practical engineering assistant for planning, coding, reviews, writing, and decision-making without outsourcing judgment
Updating a React Native app to support Android 16 KB memory pages
March 23, 2026What I learned while auditing native libraries and preparing a React Native app for Google Play's 16 KB page size requirement
Orchestrating native releases in a white-label React Native monorepo
February 21, 2026What native releases taught us about binaries, OTA ranges, QA builds, and branch discipline in React Native
Migrating a production React Native app from Apollo to RTK Query
January 21, 2026How we moved module by module from Apollo Client to RTK Query without stopping feature delivery
One source of truth for module navigation in a multi-module React Native app
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React Memoization
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Exposing Figma Tokens to Design System consumers
February 14, 2023Exposing Figma Tokens to Design System consumers
How to Create a Reusable Custom Hook with React
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How we set up a release process with Github Action
May 15, 2022How we set up a release process with Github Action