Product-Oriented Software Engineer, Clearview

Amar Spahic

Habit loops, reward systems, and why the app you built is technically correct and nobody opens it.

A product-oriented software engineer with a long-standing interest in game design, and a habit of borrowing from it. Builds the whole stack himself: mobile apps in React Native, the backends and infrastructure behind them, systems that handle data the moment it arrives, and AI assistants that answer from real knowledge instead of guessing. Writes about mobile development, onboarding, feedback loops, and the product mechanics that decide whether an app gets opened twice.

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  1. react native

    Asking For Notification Permission: The Second Time Is the Wrong Time

    iOS gives you exactly one shot at the native permission prompt. Here's the simple screen we show first, so users see what they'll get before the OS asks the question.

    Amar Spahic 8 min
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