Category Archives: Technology

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”

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 applications​​​​​​​from a single codebase​​​​​​​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? 😮”

Quick actions are a great way to provide your users fast access to your app’s common functionality within the home screen. iOS 13 introduced the concept of quick actions, where a user can touch and hold an app icon to display a set of shortcuts or actions to perform right from the home screen. ManyContinue reading “iOS & Android Quick Actions”

With over 6.3 billion global smartphone users, it’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?”

Authenticators are applications that serve several purposes for Android and iOS devices. They’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 it’s not enough to know or have an account password. With increased hacking andContinue reading “How Do Apps Like Google and Microsoft Authenticator Work?”

UPI has gone through 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 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 𝐔𝐏𝐈 (Unified Payments Interface) 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.  This got me wondering how do 𝐁𝐍𝐏𝐋 (Buy Now, PayContinue reading “How does 𝐁𝐍𝐏𝐋 (Buy Now, Pay Later) work?”

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 can’t go toContinue reading “How are Notifications Pushed to our Mobile Devices?”

Each year Apple kicks off its Worldwide Developer Conference with a few hours of back-to-back-to-back announcements, generally covering things from iOS to watchOS to new hardware. Here are some of the key announcements made at the keynote on Monday. iOS 16 The lock screen is getting an overhaul. It’ll allow for more customization, plus support for widgets —Continue reading “WWDC 2022: What’s new in iOS, WatchOS, MacOS?”

Like many companies, Airbnb has experienced growing pains with bundlers as its codebase grew. But even after its codebase quadrupled, the company was able to speed UX changes to the front end when it migrated its JavaScript code bundler from Webpack to Metro in 2018. With build performance significantly improved, UI changes appeared 80% faster, as per the Time to Interactive (TTI) metric.Continue reading “Airbnb Moves from Webpack to Metro for Faster Builds”