Field notes from building apps for clients and for my own studio. Every article is written from real projects, with numbers you can check.
A practical app requirements document (PRD) template that gets accurate, comparable quotes: users, journeys, screens, rules, integrations and acceptance.
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An honest look at building an app with ChatGPT, AI coding tools and AI app builders: where they save money, where they fail, and when to bring in an engineer.
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A practical playbook for AI features that earn more than they cost: per-user maths, routing, caching, prompt trimming, hard limits and abuse protection.
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An engineering checklist for apps serving India and Europe: consent, notices, deletion, breach response and children's data under the DPDP Act and GDPR.
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Flutter or React Native for your startup MVP? Compare performance, hiring, web support, native access and cost, and see when fully native still wins.
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Structure a freelance app project so neither side carries all the risk: milestones, acceptance criteria, payment terms, code ownership and exit plans.
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Real 2026 ranges for building a mobile or web app, feature by feature, with rates for India, Europe, the UK and the US, plus the running costs quotes omit.
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A step-by-step way to shrink an app idea into a first version you can build in weeks, not months, without cutting the part that proves people want it.
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Accounts, fees, testing rules, privacy forms, store listings and review pitfalls for first-time app founders publishing to Google Play and Apple's App Store.
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What progressive web apps can and can't do in 2026, how they compare with native and cross-platform apps on cost, reach and features, and how to choose.
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