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Apple Drops Two EU App Fees: Re-Model Your Economics
Apple's 18 August 2026 EU business terms delete the per-install fee and unify terms for all developers. How to rebuild a cost model from the primary source.
- App Store
- EU
- Pricing
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Notes from the build.
What I learn shipping mobile apps — architecture decisions, App Store review, performance work, and the mistakes worth writing down.
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Don't Let an AI Tell You the Beta Number
Aggregators and AI summaries confidently invent Apple build numbers. Here's a primary-source watchlist for iOS teams, and how to verify before you schedule.
- iOS
- App Store
- Shipping
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Xcode 27's Coding Agents: ACP, MCP, and Skills
Xcode 27 embeds coding agents via the Agent Client Protocol, MCP servers, and plugin-packaged skills. What's stable, and what the upgrade actually costs.
- Xcode
- iOS
- AI
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iOS 27 Beta 5: Your Real Deadline Is August
Apple seeded iOS 27 developer beta 5 on August 10, 2026 and public beta 3 the next day. What to regression-test before the September launch.
- iOS
- SwiftUI
- App Store
6 min read
How Much Does an iOS App Actually Cost to Build?
Why published iOS cost ranges disagree by 2.7x, what actually drives the number, and the 2026 platform facts that change the math.
- iOS
- App Store
- Product
6 min read
SwiftUI or UIKit in 2026: Reading the Evidence
Where SwiftUI and UIKit actually stand as iOS 27 approaches, what the UIKit header diff shows, and how to choose a framework for a new app.
- iOS
- SwiftUI
- UIKit
2 min read
What App Store review actually rejects
After years of submissions the same handful of rejection reasons keep coming back. Here is what genuinely gets flagged, and how to avoid each one.
- iOS
- App Store
- Shipping
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Native, web, or Electron? Picking a desktop stack
Desktop is having a moment again. Five questions that tell you whether your app should be native, a web app, or something wrapped in Electron.
- Architecture
- macOS
- Windows