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notifications

4 articles on notifications.

March 5, 2026Maksym Bardakh6 min read

Designing Notifications People Keep Enabled

The real measure of a notification system is how many notifications people leave on. Relevance, control, and restraint keep a channel worth attending to.

February 23, 2026Maksym Bardakh6 min read

Reminders Without Nagging: The Ethics of Notifications

How to design notifications that genuinely help rather than exploit, respecting the user’s attention as something borrowed, not owned.

August 12, 2025Mykhailo 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.

July 22, 2025Maksym Bardakh6 min read

The Attention Cost of Notifications, Examined

Notifications are not free. They borrow attention, interrupt working memory, and accrue a cost users eventually repay by disabling them entirely.