In an era where artificial intelligence shapes every facet of our digital lives, a quiet revolution is unfolding in home labs and enterprise data centers alike. The AI Cluster paradigm represents a fundamental shift in how we approach machine intelligence—moving from centralized cloud dependency to distributed, on-premises deep thinking systems that respect privacy, reduce costs, […]
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Hybrid AI: Empowering On-Device Models with Cloud-Synced Skills
Learn how to combine Firebase’s hybrid inference with dynamic “AI Skills” to build smarter, private, and faster applications. The landscape of Artificial Intelligence is shifting rapidly from purely cloud-based monoliths to hybrid architectures. Developers today face a critical choice: run models in the cloud for maximum power, or on-device for privacy and speed? With the […]
The Desktop LLM Revolution Left Mobile Behind
Large Language Models have fundamentally transformed how we work on desktop computers. From simple ChatGPT conversations to sophisticated coding assistants like Claude and Cursor, from image generation to CLI-based workflows—LLMs have become indispensable productivity tools. On desktop, LLMs integrate seamlessly into multi-window workflows. On iPhone? Not so much. On my Mac, invoking Claude is a […]
Part 2: Building Mobile AI: A Developer’s Guide to On-Device Intelligence
Subtitle: Side-by-side implementation of Secure AI on Android (Kotlin) and iOS (Swift). In Part 1, we discussed why we need to move away from slow, cloud-dependent chatbots. Now, let’s look at how to build instant, on-device intelligence. While native code is powerful, managing two separate AI stacks can be overwhelming. Before we jump into platform-specific […]
Part 1: Mobile AI 2026: Why On-Device Intelligence is the New Standard
Subtitle: From Critical Medical Hardware to the Apple Ecosystem, the future of mobile intelligence is local, instant, and unified. We are standing at a hardware tipping point. For the last decade, “AI” on mobile effectively meant one thing: sending data to the cloud and waiting for an answer. Especially for those chatbots, adding AI to […]
Building a Reliable Client-Side Token Management System in Flutter
In one of my recent Flutter projects, I had to implement a session token mechanism that behaved very differently from standard JWT-based authentication systems. The backend issued a 15-minute session token, but with strict constraints: No expiry timestamp was provided The server extended the session only when the app made an API call Long-running user […]
Apple’s Big Move: The Future of Mobile
Well, that was a lot to unpack. The Apple event today, announcing iOS 26 and the iPhone 17, truly lived up to the “Awe Dropping” invitation, and not just because of the new iPhone 17 Air’s ridiculously thin design. While the new 24MP selfie camera, the upgraded 48MP Telephoto lens on the Pro models, and […]
Exploring the Future of React Native: Upcoming Features, and AI Integrations
Introduction With over 9+ years of experience in mobile development and a strong focus on React Native, I’ve always been eager to stay ahead of the curve. Recently, I’ve been exploring the future of React Native, diving into upcoming features, AI integrations, and Meta’s long-term vision for cross-platform innovation. React Native has been a game-changing […]
Flutter Web Hot Reload Has Landed – No More Refreshes!
Flutter’s famous hot reload just levelled up — now it works on the web! No more full refreshes every time you tweak a UI. If you’re building apps with Flutter Build Web, this update is a game-changer. Let’s dive into what it is, how to use it, why it matters, and see it in action. […]
Part 2 – Marketing Cloud Personalization and Mobile Apps: Tracking Items
In the first part of this series, we covered how to connect a mobile app to Marketing Cloud Personalization using Salesforce’s Mobile SDK. In this post, we’ll explore how to send catalog items from the mobile app to your dataset. What’s new on the DemoApp? Since the last post, I made some changes in the […]
Over The Air Updates for React Native Apps
Mobile App development is rapidly growing and so is the expectation of robust support. “Mobile first” is the set paradigm for many application development teams. Unlike web deployment, an app release has to go through the review process via App Store Connect and Google Play. Minor or major releases follow the app review same process, […]
Android Development Codelab: Mastering Advanced Concepts
This guide will walk you through building a small application step-by-step, focusing on integrating several powerful tools and concepts essential for modern Android development. What We’ll Cover: Jetpack Compose: Building the UI declaratively. NoSQL Database (Firestore): Storing and retrieving data in the cloud. WorkManager: Running reliable background tasks. Build Flavors: Creating different versions of […]