4 stories
By Mira

Essay6 min
Why we show clients running prototypes, not slides
What static mockups and decks hide, what a CEO decides better with a working app in hand, what prototypes cost, and how we keep them cheap enough to throw away.

Trend report7 min
Liquid Glass for app teams: what to adopt, what to leave alone
What Apple's Liquid Glass design changes in your app's structure, why the opt-out key ends with the iOS 27 SDK, and how native and React Native teams should respond.

Case study6 min
How we review designs with clients: one prototype, one phone, one decision
Inside Ainur's review loop: prototypes that run full-screen on the client's own phone, feedback pinned to the exact screen, a clear decision per version, and what we've learned from running it.

Teardown7 min
A paywall teardown: where subscription flows lose trust
A screen-by-screen teardown of a composite subscription flow, with the trust breakers we see most, what Apple and Google's policies say about each, and the fix.