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Ravindu Wataketiya from PickMe makes the case that haptic feedback is the silent hero of mobile UX. It's the detail users don't notice until it's missing—and it can elevate a mediocre app to exceptional.

Android 17 First Beta Release

Company: Google · Feb 13, 2026
Platform: Android

Google just killed Developer Previews. Android 17 Beta 1 introduces a continuous Canary channel that delivers features as soon as they pass internal testing, no more waiting for quarterly drops.

Expo just unified mobile CI/CD orchestration into a single YAML file. EAS Workflows now handles builds, tests, submissions, and OTA updates without juggling multiple tools.

React Native 0.84 just dropped with automatic performance wins for every app. No migration needed, no config changes required—just faster execution and lower memory usage out of the box.

What's New in Flutter 3.41

Company: Flutter Blog · Feb 11, 2026
Platform: Flutter

Kevin Chisholm from Google's Flutter team just dropped Flutter 3.41 with 868 commits from 145 contributors. This isn't just another update—it's a fundamental shift in how Flutter evolves as an open-source frame...

Automating Memory Leak Detection with AI

Company: Grindr · Feb 10, 2026
Platform: Android

Ricardo Marin from Grindr turned memory leak debugging from a 2-4 hour manual slog into a minutes-long automated process. The secret? Recognizing that memory leaks are pattern-matching problems, not creative on...

On-device AI is moving from buzzword to build requirement. Callstack just shipped a complete SDK to make local LLMs work reliably in React Native apps.

Phil Niedertscheider from Sentry reveals how Swift's type system can catch metric API bugs before they compile. No more sending garbage data like memory addresses to production.

Adam Ernst, Meta's IC9 Distinguished Engineer, spent two years building a framework that completely failed. His brutally honest postmortem reveals more about reaching the highest IC levels than most success sto...

Phil Niedertscheider from Sentry reveals why designing a public API took longer than building the actual feature. His deep dive into Swift's type system shows how the right language features can make or break d...

Spotify's release managers were drowning in Jira tabs, juggling dozens of tickets while fielding Slack questions. One dashboard changed everything.

Ankit Bhalla from Cars24 Engineering reveals how Claude Code transformed his React Native workflow after 10+ years of mobile development. This isn't another AI tool tutorial—it's a principal engineer's battle-t...

Antoine van der Lee just open-sourced a Core Data Agent Skill that could save you from rookie persistence mistakes. If you're still working with Apple's older framework, this is a game-changer.

Pavithra Chamod J from PickMe Engineering drops a hard truth: your mobile app's security measures are probably theater. Once an APK hits a rooted device, all bets are off.

Jonathan Bones from bitglow turned a crashing retail app into a performance powerhouse. His team cut React Native upgrade time by 80% and boosted performance scores from 36 to 90 for German retailer DEPOT.

Russell Morley reveals why most mobile teams think they're shifting left in testing, but are actually just moving their pain earlier in the pipeline.

Instacart's Caper team turned a multi-quarter Fragment-to-Compose migration into a dramatically faster effort using AI coding assistants.

Eric Windmill from Flutter's DevRel team just shipped something that could change how 10,000+ developers learn Flutter every month. The new Getting Started experience isn't just another tutorial—it's a complete...

Protecting Your GraphQL

Company: Reddit · Feb 2, 2026
Platform: Android / iOS

Stas Kravets shares how a Python GraphQL service's P99 timeout detection was so unreliable that only P50 requests actually timed out as expected. The culprit? IO operations under heavy load can bring down your ...

Antoine van der Lee from SwiftLee introduces an open-source Agent Skill that teaches AI to write better SwiftUI code. No more fixing the same mistakes over and over in your AGENTS.md file.

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