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2026-06-19•11 min read

savedInstanceState: The Nolan Plot Twist Inside Android's onCreate()

Every good Nolan movie introduces something insignificant in the first act, lets you forget about it, and then brings it back when the world is falling apart. Android's savedInstanceState feels suspiciously similar.

2026-04-29•7 min read

Is REST Outdated with the Advent of gRPC?

REST is everywhere. gRPC is faster. But neither is always right.

2026-04-28•4 min read

How to Stop Building "Android Apps" and Start Building "Android Systems"

Most Android apps work. Very few survive.

2026-04-19•2 min read

Stateflow Architecture for Frontend Reliability

How explicit state transitions reduce UI bugs in async-heavy products.

2026-04-18•2 min read

Designing a Resilient API Boundary in Next.js

Latency budgets, fallback strategy, and predictable failure modes for production APIs.