Mockups before code
How a rule I wrote down once, "show me the whole flow before you build it," changed the way I build Back & Forth with an AI assistant, and the pile of small rules that grew around it.
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Writing
Notes on building and shipping apps: design decisions, the code behind them, and what I’d do differently.
Building Back & Forth around COPPA
A journal for kids under 13 collects names, drawings and voice recordings. What the law asked for, and how I built parent verification, a consent audit trail, data copies, withdrawal and deletion.
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An app with no server
Without a backend to migrate, compatibility lives in the app. How Seaglass keeps old backups importable, from the schema rules to the encryption envelope.
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