Engineering13 min read
Agent Skills Are Becoming Architecture as Code
Agent Skills, repository instructions, and project rules can turn architecture from tribal knowledge into executable, reviewable context for humans and coding agents.
Blog
Articles on software, systems, and implementation craft.
A growing archive of practical notes on engineering decisions, implementation patterns, product tradeoffs, and the work behind building software that stays maintainable.
Engineering13 min read
AI Agents Should Generate Database Migrations. They Should Never Own Production Data
AI agents can make schema changes faster and safer in development. Production migrations still need least privilege, compatibility review, approval gates, and controlled CI.
Engineering14 min read
Offline-First Is Not Just a Local Database: The Hard Problem Serverpod 4 Still Has to Solve
Serverpod Offline Sync makes a serious CRDT-based attempt at offline-first Flutter apps. The difficult work is still ownership, conflicts, invariants, and proving convergence.
Engineering17 min read
Serverpod 4 Gives AI the Whole Flutter Stack. That Is Both the Breakthrough and the Risk
Serverpod 4 connects Flutter, backend code, generated clients, PostgreSQL, and AI agents in one feedback loop. Here is why that matters—and where teams need hard safety boundaries.
Engineering18 min read
Serverpod Cloud May Be the Missing Half of Flutter's Full-Stack Story
A practical look at Serverpod Cloud, full-stack Dart, managed deployment, pricing, backups, and whether Serverpod can become a stronger backend path for Flutter teams.
Engineering15 min read
Swift Is Escaping Apple, But Is It Too Late to Become a Cross-Platform Language?
A practical look at Swift 6.3, the official Swift SDK for Android, and where Swift fits against Kotlin Multiplatform, Flutter, and React Native in modern mobile architecture.
Architecture12 min read
Kotlin Multiplatform in 2026: A More Selective Cross-Platform Strategy
Kotlin Multiplatform is not simply the next Flutter. Its real value is giving mobile teams a gradual way to share business logic while keeping platform ownership where it matters.
Engineering14 min read
The Most Useful AI Tools for Flutter Developers in 2026: From GenUI to Agentic Workflows
A practical map of the Flutter AI ecosystem, from GenUI and AI Toolkit to Genkit, Firebase AI Logic, MCP, rules, and agent skills.
Engineering15 min read
AI-Generated Flutter Code Is Not Production-Ready Until It Passes These Checks
A practical review checklist for turning AI-generated Flutter code into production-ready work across architecture, state, errors, performance, security, tests, dependencies, and release readiness.
Architecture13 min read
GetX, BLoC, or Riverpod in 2026: Choosing State Management Based on Project Speed and Scale
A practical guide to choosing GetX, Provider, Riverpod, Cubit, or BLoC in Flutter based on delivery speed, team size, maintenance risk, and long-term product complexity.
Architecture12 min read
Flutter Clean Architecture in the AI Agent Era
How Flutter developers can combine Clean Architecture with AI coding agents like Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, and Copilot without sacrificing maintainability, testing, and code quality.
Engineering11 min read
Flutter in 2026: Impeller, Wasm, and AI Tooling
A practical guide to Impeller, Flutter Web with Wasm and skwasm, and AI coding agents for building faster, safer Flutter apps in 2026.
story6 min read
Why I Built NineOne
NineOne is a personal space for documenting the process of building software, learning from bugs, and sharing the thinking behind digital products that keep evolving.
Performance7 min read
A Performance Budget That Teams Can Actually Use
A lightweight way to define performance expectations before an app starts feeling heavy on real devices.