No-buzzwords driven development. We create those apps that you never thought you need but now you can't stop using them.
Sustainable Indie Software — Helftone
We have seen a large shift in the app economy over the past 7 years which has had a huge impact on indie software. In many ways, we have regressed to state which is simply unsustainable in the long term. If you only look at the highly publicised successes, you might assume independent developers are rolling in cash. Do not be fooled, the situation on the ground, especially on iOS, is actually very different – many indies are struggling to make a living.
The Web Is More Than Enough, by Paul Ford
Web browsers enable incredibly rich app development—and that’s radically easier than it used to be.
Native Apps are Doomed
From now on, I won’t be building any more native apps. All my apps going forward will be progressive web apps. Progressive web apps are web…
Don't Frack. Precipitate!
Don’t Frack. Precipitate! Two opposing approaches to create soft software for the age of AI Author: If you stop someone on the street and ask them to imagine the canonical piece of software, what will they say? Almost certainly something like “Instagram.” An app. Apps have become such a dominan...
UIST 2019 Visions - Michel Beaudouin-Lafon: A World Without Apps
UIST 2019 Visions - Michel Beaudouin-Lafon: A World Without Apps
What I Learned From Building An App For Low-Income Americans - Fast Company
The brief was simple: build a tech product for low-income American households. It wasn’t simple at all.
Why Apple and Google are struggling to design simple software
Is Apple losing its crown as the champion of simplicity? Maybe. But for a very good reason.
The Weird Death Of User Interfaces
GREG ISENBERG on Twitter / X
Apple JUST quietly announced something that’s a lot BIGGER than it looks: "the Mini Apps Partner Program"Apple is admitting that the future of software is embedded, lightweight, vertical mini-apps distributed inside bigger appFor founders who want to make $$ building apps:… pic.twitter.com/jZz7dU6w07— GREG ISENBERG (@gregisenberg) November 14, 2025
Reddit CTO: Stick to Boring Tech when Building Your Startup
So you have a great idea for the next great startup. What technologies and processes do you use to make
The new word processor wars: A fresh crop of productivity apps are trying to reinvent our workday
Microsoft, more than any other institution on earth, has shaped how we work and how we think about it. If you spend your days in an office (and often if
Open Forks of Boring Apps With Authority - Woodys Rows
The Atmosphere can win by becoming the foundation for software people already need to use because of real-world relationships.
There's Life Beyond the App Store
With the imminent release of Foundation for Apps, we've been chatting a lot about apps and how they're built. We've discussed the topic internally with our team, externally with our clients and with tons of our amazing ZURB friends. Much of that discussion revolved around not just how to produce apps, but what an app really is, how they differ from websites and even the future of where they'll go.
