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Practical writing about design, motion and code — from people who ship apps, not just talk about them. Also on Medium.
Hydration Hero vs WaterMinder
Two popular water trackers compared on goals, drink weighting, motivation and price.
Read →The best water tracker apps for iPhone in 2026
What to look for, how the popular apps differ, and how to pick one you'll keep using.
Read →How to drink more water: 12 tips that actually work
Habit-based ways to make drinking water automatic instead of a chore.
Read →How much water to drink when you exercise or it's hot
Before, during and after workouts, sweat loss, sports drinks and hot days.
Read →Signs of dehydration: early symptoms and when it's serious
What to look for, who's most at risk, and how to rehydrate.
Read →How much water should you drink a day? The honest answer
Forget eight glasses. What the guidelines actually say, how to find your own number, and the check that beats any calculator.
Read →Does coffee count as water? What actually hydrates you
Coffee, tea, milk, juice, beer, sports drinks — which hydrate you and which work against you, according to the research.
Read →Flo and Clue alternatives: private period trackers compared
How the alternatives compare on privacy, price and partner sharing.
Read →How to track your period on the pill
Withdrawal bleeds explained, what to track, and how other methods change bleeding.
Read →SheSync vs Apple Health Cycle Tracking
Is iPhone's built-in tracker enough? An honest side-by-side.
Read →The best period tracker apps for couples, compared
How cycle sharing works in SheSync, Flo, Clue and Apple Health — and what your partner actually sees.
Read →How to support your partner on their period
A phase-by-phase guide for partners: what helps, what not to say, and when to suggest a doctor.
Read →How to choose a private period tracker: 7 questions
Where your cycle data goes, who sees it, what AI features do with it — and how to delete it.
Read →Why is my period late? 10 common reasons
What counts as late, the usual explanations, and when it's worth seeing a doctor.
Read →Cycle syncing 101: the four phases of your cycle, in plain English
What the menstrual, follicular, ovulation and luteal phases actually mean — minus the jargon and the influencer nonsense.
Read →How to share your period cycle with your partner
Why cycle sharing changes relationships, how to bring it up, and what your partner actually sees.
Read →Human + AI: how we ship apps in weeks, not months
The four-beat loop behind our AI-accelerated builds — and what it looked like on a real app.
Read →What AI pair-programming actually changes (and what it doesn't)
An honest field report: where AI delivers 10x speed, where it quietly fails, and how we keep quality high.
Read →I couldn't find a palette picker, so I made my own
Building a colour tool in 2025 — because sometimes the app you need doesn't exist yet.
Read →Google Play is now only for big teams — solo devs beware
What Google's testing requirements mean if you're shipping apps on your own.
Read →Mac app: concept to shipping in 4 hours with Cursor AI
Optimism, anxiety, and what AI-assisted development actually feels like.
Read →Why I built a water tracker in 2024
The thinking behind Hydration Hero — and why a crowded category isn't a closed one.
Read →From concept to creation: a student-designed mental health companion
How the Monash Thrive app went from student designs to a real product.
Read →Bringing our mental-health app to life with Rive
Why we chose real-time interactive animation for Thrive — and what it did for the feel of the app.
Read →Animation curves: motion that feels right
A practical guide to easing — why the right curve makes an interface feel alive instead of mechanical.
Read →Using Flutter as a designer
What happens when designers build in the same tool as the engineers — and why we design in code.
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