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PLAY — Google Play's target API level 36 requirement took effect yesterday, August 31. From today, new apps and updates must target Android 16VISIBILITY — Apps still on API 35 stay listed but disappear for users on newer Android versions. No error is raised; new installs simply fade, which makes the change easy to missEXTENSION — If you missed the deadline, an extension through November 1, 2026 can be requested in Play Console — best filed alongside a concrete migration planAPPLE — On the Apple side, the event lands September 9 and iOS 27 is reported to ship September 14. Testing generated apps on iOS 27 hardware before release week is time well spentEXPO — Expo released expo-paste-input on August 28, a native module that brings image, GIF, and sticker paste to React Native TextInputEAS — EAS Observe reached general availability on August 20, putting crash and performance monitoring on the same EAS platform as builds and updatesPLAY — Google Play's target API level 36 requirement took effect yesterday, August 31. From today, new apps and updates must target Android 16VISIBILITY — Apps still on API 35 stay listed but disappear for users on newer Android versions. No error is raised; new installs simply fade, which makes the change easy to missEXTENSION — If you missed the deadline, an extension through November 1, 2026 can be requested in Play Console — best filed alongside a concrete migration planAPPLE — On the Apple side, the event lands September 9 and iOS 27 is reported to ship September 14. Testing generated apps on iOS 27 hardware before release week is time well spentEXPO — Expo released expo-paste-input on August 28, a native module that brings image, GIF, and sticker paste to React Native TextInputEAS — EAS Observe reached general availability on August 20, putting crash and performance monitoring on the same EAS platform as builds and updates
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App Dev/2026-08-28Intermediate

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.

Rork Dev/2026-07-11Advanced

When Sentry Burned Through Its Event Quota in Days — Trimming Noise Before It Ships

A Sentry quota that empties early in the month is almost always a noise problem, not an error surge. Here is how to shrink event volume before it ships — with beforeSend, sampling, and grouping — while keeping the errors that actually matter inside the quota.

Rork Dev/2026-05-22Advanced

Designing an Observability Stack for Rork Max — Unifying Sentry, Crashlytics, and Cloudflare Logs from a Solo Developer's View

A practical observability stack design for apps shipped with Rork Max, covering Sentry, Crashlytics, and Cloudflare Logs role separation, scenario-based incident tracing routes, and how a solo developer can sustain it over years.

Business/2026-05-21Intermediate

Two Months Without Opening AdMob Every Day — A Four-Tier Slack Setup for My Rork Apps

I have been shipping iOS and Android apps since 2014, and opening AdMob first thing in the morning had become a daily ritual. Earlier this spring I let it go and rebuilt the workflow around a four-tier Slack notification setup. Two months in, here is what I learned, including the misfires that took me three weeks to iron out.