I Was Failing an Exam on a Tram. So I Built an App.
The story of how a panicked study session on public transit led to ThinkBud — an iOS app that turns any link, PDF, image, or audio into brain maps, flash cards, quizzes, and exportable presentations. Now available on the App Store.
Apple Just Killed Vibe Coding on the App Store — While Shipping Its Own
Apple blocked Replit and Vibecode from the App Store on March 18, then shipped Xcode 26.3 with built-in AI coding agents a week later. The hypocrisy is stunning. The reasoning? Actually complicated. Let's talk about it.
Your Prompts Are Not Skills. Yet.
Most people save prompts and think they're done. They're not. The gap between a saved prompt and a real skill is variables, iteration, and community feedback. Here's how to turn your best prompts into reusable skills — and why PromptKit was built for exactly this.
Where Do Your AI Prompts Go to Die?
We surveyed 2,847 AI users about their prompt habits. 73% lose prompts regularly. 68% rewrite the same ones. The average person stores prompts across 4.2 different apps. So we built PromptKit — a native iOS and macOS app to save, organize, launch, and share AI prompts.
The Gambling Epidemic Nobody Talks About — And Why the Tech Community Must Act
80 million people worldwide struggle with gambling disorder. The suicide rate is 15 times the general average. Existing apps barely scratch the surface. Here is why we believe the tech community has a moral obligation to build better tools — and what we are thinking about at NativeFirst.
Why We Built Invoize — And What's Coming Next
Freelancers and small businesses deserve invoicing that just works. Here is why we built Invoize for Mac, the real problems it solves, and the features we are building next — including automatic payment reminders.
How ATS Systems Actually Work — And How ApplyIQ Beats Them
Most job applications are rejected by software before a human ever sees them. Here is how Applicant Tracking Systems filter your CV, what they look for, and how ApplyIQ's 3-tier AI optimization gets you past the algorithms and into the interview.
Vibe Coding in iOS Development: A Comprehensive Analysis of AI Models, Tools, and Workflows
After months of testing every major AI model and coding tool for native iOS development — from OpenAI to Anthropic, Cursor to Claude Code — here is what actually works, what does not, and why Claude Opus 4.6 changed everything.
Why We Choose Native Over Cross-Platform
Our philosophy on building native Apple apps instead of using cross-platform frameworks, and why we believe native development leads to better user experiences.
ABSecureScreen — Protecting Sensitive iOS App Content from Capture
How we built an open-source iOS security SDK that prevents screenshots, detects jailbreaks, and protects banking-grade app content — all in a lightweight Swift Package.
ABNetworking — A Modern, Production-Ready Networking Layer for iOS
We open-sourced the networking layer we use across our apps — async/await, automatic retry with exponential backoff, certificate pinning, and comprehensive error handling, all in one Swift Package.