Mykhailo Boichuk6 min read
Crash Reporting Without Compromising Privacy
How to learn enough from crashes to fix them while collecting no more user data than necessary, keeping diagnostics and privacy compatible.
Topic
engineering
16 articles on engineering.
Mykhailo Boichuk6 min read
A Sustainable Release Cadence for Small Teams
Releasing too often exhausts a small team; too rarely lets risk pile up. A steady, predictable cadence keeps quality high without burning people out.
Mykhailo Boichuk6 min read
Designing for Interruption and Resumption
People are interrupted mid-task constantly. Preserving state, marking where they left off, and restoring context turn a jarring return into a smooth resumption.
Mykhailo Boichuk6 min read
Rate Limiting and Abuse Prevention Basics
Open endpoints get abused. Rate limiting, sensible defaults, and layered checks protect a service without punishing legitimate users.
Mykhailo Boichuk6 min read
The Case for Boring Technology
Choosing well-understood, proven tools over novel ones is an underrated engineering strategy. Why boring technology often delivers more than exciting alternatives.
Mykhailo Boichuk7 min read
Handling Data Deletion Requests in Practice
Deletion sounds simple and rarely is. Backups, caches, logs, and third parties all hold copies. A practical approach to honoring deletion requests fully.
Mykhailo Boichuk7 min read
Writing Migration-Safe Database Schemas
Schema changes can lock tables and break running code. Backward-compatible, multi-step migrations let a schema evolve without downtime or broken deploys.
Mykhailo Boichuk6 min read
Logging and Observability for Small Apps
Observability is not only for large systems. A small app needs enough logging to answer what happened, without drowning in noise or capturing personal data.
Mykhailo Boichuk7 min read
Threat Modeling for Small Software Teams
A lightweight, practical approach to threat modeling that a small team can actually use to find and prioritize security risks before they ship.
Mykhailo Boichuk7 min read
Native macOS Performance: Principles, Measurement, and Budgets
How to keep a native macOS app fast by protecting the main thread, measuring with the right tools, and working to explicit performance budgets.
Mykhailo Boichuk7 min read
Building a Component Library That Scales
A component library succeeds when it reduces decisions, not when it covers every case. Composition, tokens, and clear ownership keep it usable as it grows.
Mykhailo Boichuk7 min read
Designing for Slow and Offline Networks
Connectivity is intermittent, not binary. How to build apps that stay usable on slow links and degrade gracefully when the network disappears entirely.
Mykhailo Boichuk6 min read
Secrets Management for Small Teams
API keys, signing certificates, and tokens leak through habit, not malice. Practical secrets hygiene for small teams without enterprise infrastructure.
Mykhailo Boichuk6 min read
Designing Undo: Forgiveness as a Feature
Reliable undo lets people act without fear. How to design forgiveness through reversible actions, clear scope, and recovery rather than confirmation dialogs.
Mykhailo Boichuk7 min read
Date, Time, and Timezone Handling Without Bugs
Time is full of traps: offsets, daylight saving, leap seconds, and ambiguous local times. A few disciplines remove most date and timezone bugs.
Mykhailo Boichuk6 min read
Scheduling Local Notifications on iOS Correctly
Local notifications seem simple until time zones, limits, and delivery rules intervene. How to schedule them so they fire when and how the user expects.