Articles and talks about building software and the teams that build it.https://lemessdavi.vercel.app/https://lemessdavi.vercel.app/writing/generating-momentum/https://lemessdavi.vercel.app/writing/generating-momentum/How does a small group turn an idea into useful software with less coordination? Notes from a talk and workshop.Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://lemessdavi.vercel.app/writing/arrays-as-queues/https://lemessdavi.vercel.app/writing/arrays-as-queues/What it costs to use a plain JavaScript array as an event queue in a React Native app, and how a ring buffer avoids it.Sun, 13 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://lemessdavi.vercel.app/writing/liquid-glass-react-native/https://lemessdavi.vercel.app/writing/liquid-glass-react-native/What Apple's redesign means for a React Native app, how to get native Liquid Glass tabs with Expo, and when it's worth using.Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://lemessdavi.vercel.app/writing/the-same-on-purpose/https://lemessdavi.vercel.app/writing/the-same-on-purpose/The Nintendo Switch 2 kept the interface of the first Switch. I think that was a good decision.Sun, 08 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://lemessdavi.vercel.app/writing/alerts-without-apps/https://lemessdavi.vercel.app/writing/alerts-without-apps/Emergency alerts reach every phone in range with no app and no internet connection. What that suggests for the apps we build.Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://lemessdavi.vercel.app/writing/animation-details/https://lemessdavi.vercel.app/writing/animation-details/Why small animations and sensor-driven interactions matter in a consumer app, and the React Native tools I'd use for them.Mon, 27 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://lemessdavi.vercel.app/writing/obsidian-todos/https://lemessdavi.vercel.app/writing/obsidian-todos/A small React Native app to check off Obsidian to-dos on the phone, and the iOS sandbox that got in the way.Tue, 10 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://lemessdavi.vercel.app/writing/before-you-rewrite/https://lemessdavi.vercel.app/writing/before-you-rewrite/The usual advice is to never rewrite from scratch. Sometimes a rewrite is the right call. The questions I ask before deciding.Tue, 02 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://lemessdavi.vercel.app/writing/atomic-design/https://lemessdavi.vercel.app/writing/atomic-design/Five levels for organizing an interface, from a button to a finished page, and how I apply them in a React Native project.Tue, 12 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://lemessdavi.vercel.app/writing/calm-interfaces/https://lemessdavi.vercel.app/writing/calm-interfaces/Web accessibility guidelines written for autistic users carry over well to mobile apps, and they make apps easier for everyone.Thu, 07 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://lemessdavi.vercel.app/writing/take-it-slow/https://lemessdavi.vercel.app/writing/take-it-slow/Software quality isn't a cost you pay on top of delivery. It's how you avoid doing the same work twice.Tue, 05 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://lemessdavi.vercel.app/writing/architecture-for-small-teams/https://lemessdavi.vercel.app/writing/architecture-for-small-teams/What I learned picking an architecture for a small mobile team, where the patterns have to fit the people who will maintain them.Wed, 13 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://lemessdavi.vercel.app/writing/requirements-nobody-meets/https://lemessdavi.vercel.app/writing/requirements-nobody-meets/Job posts ask for far more than the job needs, and candidates stretch their résumés to match. Both sides lose.Wed, 16 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://lemessdavi.vercel.app/writing/run-the-code/https://lemessdavi.vercel.app/writing/run-the-code/ChatGPT got a simple count wrong, then wrote a function that got it right. The lesson I took from it.Wed, 24 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT