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Push Notifications: Architecture and Reliability

October 9, 2025 · 15 min read

A production engineering guide to mobile push notification architecture, covering APNs and FCM delivery models, token lifecycle management, silent pushes, and secure dispatch.

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Designing Offline-First Mobile Applications

October 6, 2025 · 17 min read

An architectural guide to offline-first mobile engineering: transactional mutation outboxes, delta synchronization, conflict resolution, tombstones, and OS power realities.

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Mobile App Architecture: From UI to Backend

October 5, 2025 · 16 min read

A comprehensive engineering guide to production mobile app architecture: client lifecycle constraints, Clean Architecture layers, offline-first persistence, and resilience.

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