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PWA or native app? A developer's checklist for the 'web app vs mobile app' question

by Sushil Barwal

Clients rarely ask "should we build a PWA or a native app?". They ask "do we need an app?", and the developer in the room has to turn that into a technical decision. This is the checklist we use when...

Vetting a Flutter Agency for a Marketplace Build: A Technical Interview Script

by Journeyhorizon

Most "best Flutter agency" lists rank companies on three things: hourly rate, review score and portfolio size. Those are fine filters for a brochure app. For a two-sided marketplace they miss almost e...

Keeping a Flutter timer honest when the app goes to the background

by Yacine Zitani

A timer app has one job: be right. In Flutter the easy version is wrong the moment the user locks the phone. I build Flip Timer, a Pomodoro timer with a flip-clock display. This is how I made it keep...

Your Dart model is right for one JSON response and wrong for the next

by Chanpenh Yorn

Generating a Dart model from one sample response is fast, and it is usually wrong in a few places. Here is a product item from an API: { "id": 102, "name": "USB-C cable", "price": 5, "discount": 0.15,...

Read chats in the language you study: on-device translation in Flutter

by Frank Milvus

Translation is usually a one-way door: the app guesses your mother tongue and everything lands in it. Before Babel opens the other direction. You choose the language you want to read messages in — oft...

Flutter ZIP-Code Autofill That Just Works

by Muhammad Uzair

I built ZIP-code autofill into AI US Citizenship Test 2026, a Flutter app that helps green card holders prepare for the naturalization interview with an AI tutor, realistic N-400 mock interviews, and...

State Management in 2026: The Rise of Signals in Flutter

by Muhammad Uzair

If you've been doing Flutter for a few years, you've likely rewritten your app's state management layer at least once. We went from setState\ to Redux, to Provider, to Riverpod, and to BLoC. But in 20...

Dead Code in Flutter Is More Than an Analyzer Warning

by Lucas Menezes

Finding an unused_element warning is easy. Deciding whether a file is safe to delete is not. Flutter applications have several legitimate ways to use code without an obvious direct reference: generate...

Código morto em Flutter é mais do que um warning do analyzer

by Lucas Menezes

Encontrar um warning unused_element é fácil. Decidir se um arquivo pode ser apagado com segurança não é. Aplicações Flutter possuem várias formas legítimas de usar código sem uma referência direta óbv...

Flaschendrehen & Wahrheit oder Pflicht fur Hauspartys: Wie wir Wobbly Bottle gebaut haben

by Mert Koc

Das Problem auf jeder Hausparty Jeder kennt die Situation: Man sitzt mit 8 bis 12 Freunden in der WG oder beim Vortrinken zusammen und mochte eine Runde Flaschendrehen oder Wahrheit oder Pflicht spiel...

The Introverts Guide to Being the Life of the Party: The Wobbly Bottle Playbook

by Mert Koc

The Awkward First 30 Minutes of Any Gathering We have all been there: You walk into a house party, pre-drinks, or casual mixer. You know maybe two people. Small groups have already formed, and everyon...

Designing Games for Long Distance Couples: Beating Video Call Fatigue with Wobbly Bottle

by Mert Koc

The FaceTime Fatigue in Long-Distance Relationships If you have ever been in a long-distance relationship (LDR), you know this exact cycle: You love talking to each other, but after 45 minutes on Face...

Juegos de Beber y Fiestas en el Movil: Como Construimos Wobbly Bottle con Flutter

by Mert Koc

La Trampa del "Unico Movil" en las Fiestas Todos conocemos la escena: Estas en una previa, reunion o fiesta en casa con 10 o 15 amigos y alguien propone jugar a Verdad o Reto o el Juego de la Botella....

The First Date Paradox: Killing Awkward Silences with Physics and Table Mode

by Mert Koc

The Job-Interview Trap on First Dates We have all experienced this uncomfortable dynamic: You meet someone for coffee or drinks. In the beginning, small talk flows naturally, but 20 minutes in, you hi...

Jeux de Soirée et Apéro sur Mobile : Comment Nous Avons Créé Wobbly Bottle avec Flutter

by Mert Koc

Pourquoi réinventer le jeu de la bouteille et les jeux d'apéro ? Lors des soirées entre amis, des apéros ou des fêtes d'étudiants, le problème des applications de jeux de société classiques est récurr...

Taking Over an Unfinished Flutter App: My Audit Checklist (Security First)

by Ehsan Abedi

"The app is 80% done, the previous developer stopped answering, can you finish it?" If you freelance long enough, you get this message. Sometimes the project is in good shape. Sometimes the last 20% i...

Why Streaming Coordinates at 60 FPS Failed: How Deterministic Angular Damping Saved Our 15-Phone Party Game in Flutter

by Mert Koc

When every phone receives every animation frame, network traffic starts driving the experience. We wanted the network to agree on what happened, while each device handled drawing locally. A bottle spi...

Flaschendrehen Multi-Device in Flutter: Warum deterministische Physik unsere 15-Handy-Sync rettete

by Mert Koc

Wir sind das unabhängige Entwickler-Team hinter Wobbly Bottle. In Part 1 haben wir das Konzept vorgestellt: Bei WG-Partys und Feiern hängen oft 10 Leute über einem einzigen 6-Zoll-Display. Mit Wobbly...

Por Qué la Física Determinista Salvó la Sincronización de 15 Móviles en Flutter

by Mert Koc

Somos el equipo de desarrollo independiente detrás de Wobbly Bottle. En las fiestas con amigos, 10 personas siempre terminan amontonadas sobre una sola pantalla móvil de 6 pulgadas. Wobbly Bottle resu...

Pourquoi la Physique Déterministe a Sauvé la Synchro de 15 Téléphones en Flutter

by Mert Koc

Nous sommes l'équipe de développement indépendante derrière Wobbly Bottle. Lors des soirées étudiantes ou des apéros, 10 personnes se bousculent presque toujours autour d'un seul smartphone de 6 pouce...

Flutter ile 15 Telefonda 60 FPS Şişe Çevirmece: Neden Koordinat Yayını Yerine Deterministik Sönümleme Kullandık?

by Mert Koc

İlk yazımızda ev partilerinde tek telefona toplanma çilesini bitirmek için geliştirdiğimiz Wobbly Bottle'ın hikayesini anlatmıştık. Dev.to topluluğundan sunucu otoritesi ve yeniden bağlanma (reconnect...

How I Built a 3D Rubik’s Cube Engine and AI Vision Solver with Flutter

by Sultan Khan , on Flutter Pro

Over 450 million Rubik’s cubes have been sold worldwide. Yet, studies estimate that less than 5% of people who buy one ever figure out how to solve it.When I looked at the mobile app landscape for twi...

Flutter vs React Native in 2026: what changes when you need native code

by Sushil Barwal

Most "Flutter vs React Native" posts compare benchmarks. On real client projects the decision usually comes down to something more boring: what happens on the day you need a device feature that no pac...

Mobil Uygulama Yaptırmak İsteyenler İçin 2026 Kılavuzu & Teklif: Production Architecture & Best Practices 2026

by Nuh Mehmet Demirkol

Mobil Uygulama Yaptırmak İsteyenler İçin 2026 Kılavuzu & Teklif Mobil uygulama ekosisteminde ölçeklenebilir ve sürdürülebilir bir sistem inşa etmek için doğru mimari ve mühendislik disiplini şarttır....