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Notes from the studio

What we are learning as we build with language models and ship products to millions of people.

What really drives app development cost (and how to control it)

Why two app quotes can differ ten times over. The real cost drivers in app and AI projects, and practical ways founders keep budgets under control.

Sep 30, 2026 · 6 min read

AILLMsEngineering

RAG vs fine-tuning: which one does your AI product actually need?

Retrieval-augmented generation and fine-tuning solve different problems. A practical guide to choosing, combining and evaluating them for real products.

Sep 26, 2026 · 6 min read

MobileGrowthASO

App Store Optimisation in 2026: a practical guide for founders

How to get more installs from Google Play and the App Store without ads: keywords, titles, screenshots, ratings and experiments that move the needle.

Sep 22, 2026 · 7 min read

AI AgentsEngineeringLLMs

How to build AI agents that survive production

Most agent demos never reach production. The discipline that separates demos from dependable systems: tool contracts, evals, tracing and graceful failure.

Sep 18, 2026 · 7 min read

MobileFlutterEngineering

Flutter vs native in 2026: how we decide for every app

Cross-platform or Kotlin and Swift? The framework we use after shipping dozens of consumer apps: performance, team size, time to market and AI.

Sep 12, 2026 · 5 min read

AIStrategyBusiness

Build vs buy for AI: when off-the-shelf is enough

Not every AI idea needs custom development. A simple framework to decide when to use an AI SaaS tool, when to customise, and when to build your own.

Sep 8, 2026 · 5 min read

MobileGrowthProduct

What 85 million installs taught us about mobile retention

Installs are vanity, retention is survival. Lessons from shipping 36+ consumer apps on what keeps people coming back on day 1, day 7 and day 30.

Sep 4, 2026 · 6 min read

SaaSProductStartups

The SaaS MVP checklist: what to build in your first 8 weeks

A practical checklist for founders building a B2B SaaS MVP: what to include, what to postpone, and the foundations that are painful to add later.

Aug 28, 2026 · 6 min read

CompanyStrategy

Why we built PixnMind as an AI-first product studio

Agencies sell hours and startups bet on one idea. A product studio builds its own products and partners with clients using the same team and standards.

Aug 20, 2026 · 5 min read