Field note
SwiftData
SwiftData, two years later
What Apple's persistence framework can do today, where it still stumbles, and why we still start almost every new project with it.
Apple platforms
Tech stack, Apple platforms, design systems — how we build software that stays readable in the repo.
// Pillar Read at Studio · Engineering →
// All posts
All articles → The Apple platforms.
Guide
App·€
What does an app cost? Honest numbers after 20+ apps of our own
What does an app cost? The internet says "€5,000 to €500,000" — useless. We've built our own apps since 2018 and give real ranges: the cost drivers, three size classes, what a Flutter codebase saves and what operations cost.
Long-form
Flutter/Nativ
Flutter or native? What we actually recommend after years with both
Flutter or native is app development's question of faith. We have both in the stores — Flutter apps on iOS and Android, native apps on four Apple platforms — and give the level-headed answer, with a decision guide.
