Notes from the workshop
Engineering, AI and the craft of shipping software that lasts.
- payments · stripe4 min readApril 18, 2026
Migrating a payment stack from Braintree to Stripe — without losing a single subscriber
A field-tested playbook for moving thousands of recurring subscribers between processors transactionally, with idempotent imports, automatic Braintree cancellation, and a CSV trail you can defend in front of finance.
- mobile · flutter5 min readApril 15, 2026
Native vs Flutter in 2026 — a head-of-mobile picks for you
After a decade shipping native iOS, native Android, and large Flutter platforms in production, here's the framework I actually use to choose — with the trade-offs nobody puts in the keynote.
- engineering · ai1 min readApril 8, 2026
Why glue code is the most important skill in modern engineering
Core technologies are commoditized. The real value lives in the seams — the code that makes disparate systems work together.
- compliance · mobile5 min readApril 2, 2026
Form 230 in your app: how we put Romanian tax-deduction donations into a native mobile flow
How we built a fully compliant Form 230 (3.5% income-tax redirection) flow inside a native iOS and Android app — from PDF generation to ANAF-ready borderouri.
- career · mobile6 min readMarch 25, 2026
From junior to head of mobile in nine years — the things nobody tells you
A personal essay on what actually moves you forward as a mobile engineer — from first job to leading platform teams, written without the LinkedIn glaze.
- ai · production1 min readMarch 22, 2026
Most AI agents aren't production-ready
52% of enterprises say they have AI agents in production. Only 5% are worried about tool-calling accuracy. The gap between deployed and reliable is where the real work happens.