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This article provides an in-depth tutorial on creating native iOS components for React Native, addressing the old architecture. It begins by outlining the key reasons for using native components, such as performance needs and access to specific platform A

At Surya Digital, we have a clear and uncompromising policy: software engineers with less than 1 year of experience are not permitted to use any AI tools. Period. This might sound harsh in an era where AI tools promise to accelerate development and boost

This is more opinionated view of how sketching and writing things down has reduced my anxiety, and made me work in a structured way as a product designer. To keep it simple, I'll break this blog into three parts _why, when, and how_ to sketch and write th

A practical guide to creating scalable and maintainable theming solutions in React applications using configuration-driven design and Context API.

PostgreSQL supports three main isolation levels: READ COMMITTED, REPEATABLE READ, and SERIALIZABLE. Each level builds upon the previous one by offering stronger guarantees around data visibility and consistency but at a potential cost to concurrency and p

Document search has evolved beyond simple text extraction. This technical deep-dive explores building a production-ready search engine that combines Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) with Typesense's powerful indexing capabilities. The system intellige

This post explores Swift Testing, Apple's new testing framework introduced in WWDC 2024 that modernizes iOS testing with Swift-first design principles and significantly improved developer ergonomics. The framework replaces XCTest's fragmented assertion me

A practical guide to designing functional and user-friendly complex data tables for mobile devices, based on real-world design experience and UX principles.

This post goes over unconventional field-tested advice on how to write user stories that go beyond the "As a user I would like to..." mould.

This post explains why PostgreSQL sometimes ignores indexes when statistics are outdated, causing slow queries even when indexes exist. You'll learn how the query planner uses stats, how to spot stale statistics, and simple steps to keep your queries fast