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A 4.7MB photo cleaner, reviewed — what tiny apps get right
Dev.to · Ethan 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
A 4.7MB photo cleaner, reviewed — what tiny apps get right
Disclosure: I'm part of the Nomos network, which recently started working with OnePhoto. What...
Subtraction as a Feature: What a Tiny Meditation Timer Taught Me About Product Restraint
Dev.to · Ethan 📋 Product Management ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
Subtraction as a Feature: What a Tiny Meditation Timer Taught Me About Product Restraint
Most products die from addition, not subtraction. Notes on a meditation app whose settings screen is shorter than a cookie banner.
The UX trick that finally got me to clean up 20,000 photos
Dev.to · Ethan 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
The UX trick that finally got me to clean up 20,000 photos
The hardest part of a boring task is usually the interaction model, not the task. A small swipe-to-decide iOS app, and what it taught me about building queue UI
From Idea to Launch: What I Learned Building 3 MVPs in 2024
Dev.to · Ethan 📋 Product Management ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
From Idea to Launch: What I Learned Building 3 MVPs in 2024
Three practical lessons from building MVPs as a solo developer—including the framework that finally made shipping feel predictable.
I Built a Personal Paper Engine to Stop Losing Research Papers
Dev.to · Ethan 📄 Research Papers Explained ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
I Built a Personal Paper Engine to Stop Losing Research Papers
Tracking what you read and annotate across dozens of research papers is hard. Here's how I solved it with a personal paper engine.
Three Tools I Use Every Day as a Developer (And Why Less Is More)
Dev.to · Ethan 🔧 Backend Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
Three Tools I Use Every Day as a Developer (And Why Less Is More)
A reflection on the tools that stuck around after years of trying everything.
"Swipe Cleaner: A Technical Deep Dive into On-Device Photo Privacy"
Dev.to · Ethan 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
"Swipe Cleaner: A Technical Deep Dive into On-Device Photo Privacy"
How Swipe Cleaner processes photos entirely on-device — the architecture, trade-offs, and why local-first privacy matters more than ever.
The Architecture of On-Device Privacy — How Swipe Cleaner Keeps Your Photos Local
Dev.to · Ethan 🧠 Large Language Models ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
The Architecture of On-Device Privacy — How Swipe Cleaner Keeps Your Photos Local
A technical deep-dive into building a photo management app where all ML processing runs on-device — no cloud, no server, nothing to encrypt.
Privacy Isn't a Checkbox — It's Architecture
Dev.to · Ethan 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Privacy Isn't a Checkbox — It's Architecture
Why on-device processing is the only real privacy guarantee, and what that means for mobile app architecture.
Privacy Is Not a Feature — It's Architecture. How Swipe Cleaner Processes Everything On-Device
Dev.to · Ethan 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Privacy Is Not a Feature — It's Architecture. How Swipe Cleaner Processes Everything On-Device
Most photo cleaner apps upload your images to the cloud for processing. Swipe Cleaner doesn't. Here's why on-device processing is the only honest approach to pr
I Spent $8,857 Using Claude Code to Build 6 Projects. Here's What I Learned.
Dev.to · Ethan 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
I Spent $8,857 Using Claude Code to Build 6 Projects. Here's What I Learned.
I Spent $8,857 Using Claude Code to Build 6 Projects. Here's What I Learned. Not a sales...
7 Platforms That Turn Agent Evals Into RL Training Data
Dev.to · Ethan 🤖 AI Agents & Automation ⚡ AI Lesson 4mo ago
7 Platforms That Turn Agent Evals Into RL Training Data
Executive Summary Most teams evaluating AI agents hit the same wall. They can score their...
Top 5 Reinforcement Learning Environments
Dev.to · Ethan 🎮 Reinforcement Learning ⚡ AI Lesson 4mo ago
Top 5 Reinforcement Learning Environments
An RL agent has nothing to learn from without an environment to act in. This piece covers what an RL...
I kept forgetting to delete my venvs, so I built a GUI for it
Dev.to · Ethan 🔧 Backend Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 4mo ago
I kept forgetting to delete my venvs, so I built a GUI for it
Finished projects have this thing where they just... sit there. The code's done, the repo's pushed,...
What an AI Game Generator Can Do Well, and Where It Still Falls Short
Dev.to · Ethan 🤖 AI Agents & Automation ⚡ AI Lesson 4mo ago
What an AI Game Generator Can Do Well, and Where It Still Falls Short
The idea behind an AI game generator is very easy to understand. You type a concept, describe a...
The Real Reason Stefano Gabbana Nearly Left Dolce & Gabbana
Dev.to · Ethan 📰 AI News & Updates 4mo ago
The Real Reason Stefano Gabbana Nearly Left Dolce & Gabbana
The Stefano Gabbana and Dolce & Gabbana split reason is not a story about creative differences —...
The Quiet Power Shifts Redefining Luxury Fashion Houses in 2025
Dev.to · Ethan 📰 AI News & Updates 4mo ago
The Quiet Power Shifts Redefining Luxury Fashion Houses in 2025
[Luxury...
Dolce & Gabbana's 2025 Creative Director Shift Is Bigger Than It Looks
Dev.to · Ethan 📰 AI News & Updates 4mo ago
Dolce & Gabbana's 2025 Creative Director Shift Is Bigger Than It Looks
The Dolce & Gabbana creative director replacement in 2025 marks one of the most structurally...
Dolce & Gabbana Without Stefano: Can the Brand Survive Its Own Identity?
Dev.to · Ethan 📣 Digital Marketing & Growth ⚡ AI Lesson 4mo ago
Dolce & Gabbana Without Stefano: Can the Brand Survive Its Own Identity?
Dolce & Gabbana without Stefano Gabbana is not a rebrand. It is an identity surgery with no...
I Built a 3.8MB Rust Binary That Replaces Mem0's $99/month Cloud Service
Dev.to · Ethan 📰 AI News & Updates ⚡ AI Lesson 5mo ago
I Built a 3.8MB Rust Binary That Replaces Mem0's $99/month Cloud Service
Local-first AI memory engine that beats Mem0 on LoCoMo benchmark. Free, encrypted, 1000x faster.