Javascript: Measuring Time to Make Informed Decisions

As an engineer, especially when working on enterprise-grade applications, our coding is influenced by many factors. It is no longer about if your function worked or your ability to achieve the desired result. It is rather about writing performant code, thinking about time complexity vs space complexity, scaling, and ensuring that your application is as fastContinue reading “Javascript: Measuring Time to Make Informed Decisions”

Shoelace: A Framework-Agnostic Web Component Library

Web components were introduced in 2011, but if you ask most frontend developers, they aren’t their first choice for composing UI layouts. This is partly due to an increase in JavaScript frameworks, component-driven development enthusiasts, and other esoteric factors over the years. Two key drawbacks of web components are: Now, in comes Shoelace, a UI libraryContinue reading “Shoelace: A Framework-Agnostic Web Component Library”

Do you know you can build Flutter apps in Python? ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

I am guessing most of you have heard about Flutter. If not, here you go in just one sentence. Flutter is an open-source framework by Googlefor building beautiful, natively compiled applicationsโ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹from a single codebaseโ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹for iOS, Android, Web, MacOS, Windows and Linux.  Dart is the programming language used to code Flutter apps and at the start most developers find it a littleContinue reading “Do you know you can build Flutter apps in Python? ๐Ÿ˜ฎ”

What is Mobile Accessibility?

With over 6.3 billion global smartphone users, itโ€™s critical mobile apps are inclusive of everyone, including those with vision impairment, hearing limitations, or other physical or cognitive conditions. What do we mean by an accessible app? An accessible app means that most people can use it without help from another person, regardless of ability or situation.Continue reading “What is Mobile Accessibility?”

How Do Apps Like Google and Microsoft Authenticator Work?

Authenticators are applications that serve several purposes for Android and iOS devices. Theyโ€™re mainly used for two types of authentication, known as multi-factor authentication (MFA) and multi-step authentication (MSA). They provide advanced security for user sites. What this means is that itโ€™s not enough to know or have an account password. With increased hacking andContinue reading “How Do Apps Like Google and Microsoft Authenticator Work?”

How does India’s ๐”๐๐ˆ (Unified Payments Interface) work?

UPI has gone through ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง since its inception in 2016. It builds a digital payments ecosystem with payment apps, banks, and NPCI (National Payments Corporation of India).  It now takes up 60% of digital retail transactions in India.  It is estimated that the digital payments market in India will grow by 3 times inContinue reading “How does India’s ๐”๐๐ˆ (Unified Payments Interface) work?”

How does ๐๐๐๐‹ (Buy Now, Pay Later) work?

Earlier this year, we took over development of the mobile app for a retail app of a leading brand of kids clothings. And one of the features on the checkout page is the option of using Afterpay as you can see in the screenshot below.ย  This got me wondering how do ๐๐๐๐‹ (Buy Now, PayContinue reading “How does ๐๐๐๐‹ (Buy Now, Pay Later) work?”

How are Notifications Pushed to our Mobile Devices?

Most people have a love/hate relationship with mobile push notifications. On the one hand, they keep us updated with the information we willingly asked to be updated on. On the other hand, for people like me, that constant activity on my phone is annoying and distracting.  My friends tease me, but I canโ€™t go toContinue reading “How are Notifications Pushed to our Mobile Devices?”