Mobile web apps have many advantages over native apps, but have been hampered by negative attitudes that are now largely outdated. Mobile devices are way faster than they were when the iPhone was released in 2007, and web standards have come a long way, culminating in the advent of PWAs.…
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React Native, PWAs and the decline of native mobile app development
s the head of a software services company, I am often asked to advise clients on strategic technological decisions. The most common query nowadays is which framework to choose for mobile app development.…
For the Future of Mobile Advertising, Look to the Music Industry
TechCrunch's Jon Evans offers a useful survey of the reactions elicited by Apple's decision to support content-blocking browser extensions in iOS 9. Notwithstanding the breast-beating of Marco Arment (who removed his hit ad blocker from the App Store after two days because it "just didn't feel good"), I…
Adblock Plus Built an iOS Browser with Kitt... And so Can You!
Today Adblock Plus, the world's leading ad block vendor, is launching the first true ad-blocking browser for iPhone. We are proud that their browser is based on Kitt, an amazingly extensible iPhone browser that we have been developing for the past three years. Last year we announced our Kitt web…
How We Built a 25 Developer Service Company (and Growing Strong)
I was chatting today with a European freelance developer who is thinking about setting up a software agency. He asked me if I had any advice for him after building Salsita from a guy in his bedroom to a 40 person company with 25 full-time developers in a little over…
Why We Don't Do Fixed-Price Software Projects (And Neither Should You)
A few years ago, I took on a freelance project to implement an Internet Explorer component in C++. I was billing a healthy hourly rate on other projects at the time, but this particular client insisted on a fixed price. In a bout of temporary insanity, I made an exception…