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2025
How Dro1d Labs Handles Your Data (We Don't)
A deep dive into our privacy philosophy, why we built everything offline-first, and why "privacy-focused" isn't enough—you need privacy by design.
iQuake: Background Task Debugging Saga
Building iQuake: a SwiftUI earthquake alert app with background fetch and more than a few gotchas. A journey through iOS quirks, crashes, and caffeine-fueled persistence.
Defndr: SMS Spam Blocking
Building Defndr, an SMS spam filter for iPhone using Apple's mysterious IdentityLookup framework. Wrestling with Apple's IdentityLookup framework.
2024
Mnml: Building a Custom Launcher for iOS
Creating a minimal, customizable home screen launcher for iOS with clean aesthetics and zero bloat.
ZenMode: A Smoother Alarm and Sleep Tracker
Building a non-annoying alarm app with beautiful sounds and gentle wake-ups.
Fact File Redux: My First iPhone App Returns
Reviving my first iPhone app from years ago and modernizing it with SwiftUI.
Archive
Older posts covering hardware builds, system administration, and tech experiments from 2020-2023.
Nothing phone [1]
T-Rex 2 Smartwatch
Noctua PSU Mod
Ryzen 4650G ITX Build
NanoPi with Pi-Hole DNS
Privacy-Focused Search with Searx
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