Two weeks of half-finished batch runs, and every log line said success
A job scheduled twice a day was firing once, and nothing in the logs showed it. Here is the run ledger that catches executions that never happened, plus a backlog-slope check, with real command output.
When an Expo UI drop-in swap actually removes a dependency
Expo UI went stable in SDK 56 with drop-in replacements for eight community packages. Swapping one import does not always shrink your dependency list. Here is how to decide which swaps actually pay off, straight from the dependency graph.
Your lockfile's dev/prod split won't tell you which licenses your app must credit
A record of classifying every dependency in a production project to decide what belongs on an app's license screen, and where the copyleft findings and the actual shipped artifact turned out to disagree.
Walk Through an App Store Submission Without Writing Code — Sticker Packs as a Dress Rehearsal
An iMessage sticker pack is one of the few things you can ship to the App Store with zero code. It cannot make money — and that constraint is exactly what makes it a clean rehearsal for the submission process.
The Three-Minute Video That Kept Failing — Moving Rork's Gemini Uploads Off the Worker
How I rerouted video uploads to the Gemini Files API from a Cloudflare Workers relay to a direct device-to-Google path — why the 128MB isolate limit breaks the relay, how to hand out a resumable upload URL without leaking your API key, and how resolution and frame rate actually decide the bill.
An Honest Review of the Rork AI App Builder After Three Months — Strengths, Weaknesses, and Who It's For (Revisited July 2026)
A no-spin review of the Rork AI app builder from a solo developer who shipped to the App Store with it and kept using it for three months. What was fast, what surprised me, how to judge the pricing, and who it actually fits.
How far Rork Companion's free device testing goes — and when to pay the $99 Apple Developer Program
Rork Companion lets you test on a real device without a paid Apple Developer account. Here is exactly where the free path stops, the concrete triggers for paying the $99, and what to stage before your first signed build — from running six apps as an indie developer.
Don't Pay Out a Rewarded Ad on the Client's Word Alone — SSV Verification for a Rork (Expo) App on a Worker
Trusting the client-side 'reward earned' callback alone invites double-grants and spoofing. Here is how to wire AdMob server-side verification (SSV) into a Rork-generated Expo app, verify the signed callback on a Cloudflare Worker, and make payouts idempotent with transaction_id.
Before a Free Preview Walks Out via Screenshot: Detecting Screenshots and Screen Recording in Rork/Expo
How to protect paid preview images from screenshots and screen recording in a Rork/Expo app: the limits of expo-screen-capture, native isCaptured monitoring, and an iOS/Android-aware blur design.
Before You Ask 'Are You Sure?' — Consider an Undoable Delete
Showing a confirmation dialog every time someone removes a list item trains them to tap OK without reading. Here is how to build an undoable delete in a Rork (Expo) app, and where confirmation dialogs still belong.
Building a Breathing-Paced Haptic for a Meditation App with CoreHaptics
Canned expo-haptics buzzes can't produce the swell of a breath. Here is how to call CoreHaptics continuous events and parameter curves from an Expo native module to build a haptic synced to 4-7-8 breathing, with working Swift and TypeScript code.
A Wallpaper App's Real Work Starts After Launch — Content, Retention, and Revenue Notes from Running One on Rork
A wallpaper app is decided less by its launch and more by how you tend it afterward. Building on a Rork implementation, here are field notes on scheduled publishing that keeps content fresh, onboarding that survives the first week, and a revenue setup whose per-download return doesn't thin out over time.