<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Tjvex Studio blog</title><link>https://tjvex.com/blog/</link><atom:link href="https://tjvex.com/blog/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description>Practical articles on mobile apps, web platforms and AI from the Tjvex Studio team.</description><language>en</language><item><title>Flutter or native: how we decide for a new app</title><link>https://tjvex.com/blog/flutter-or-native-how-we-decide/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tjvex.com/blog/flutter-or-native-how-we-decide/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator>Talha Javed</dc:creator><description>Most apps should be built once in Flutter. Some should not. 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These are the signs that yours has outgrown them, and the three options you have when it does.</description><category>CRM &amp; ERP</category><category>Web apps</category></item><item><title>What a fixed-price quote actually covers, and why we insist on one</title><link>https://tjvex.com/blog/what-a-fixed-price-quote-covers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tjvex.com/blog/what-a-fixed-price-quote-covers/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator>Feroze Ahmad</dc:creator><description>Hourly billing moves the risk onto you. A fixed price moves it onto us, which is where it belongs. 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Here is what to expect before you build.</description><category>E-commerce</category><category>Web apps</category></item><item><title>Getting your app through App Store review the first time</title><link>https://tjvex.com/blog/getting-through-app-store-review-first-time/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tjvex.com/blog/getting-through-app-store-review-first-time/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator>Imtiaz Ahmad</dc:creator><description>Most first-submission rejections are avoidable and have nothing to do with code quality. Here is the checklist we run before every release, for both stores.</description><category>Mobile apps</category><category>Process</category></item><item><title>Your backend should be boring: how we choose the cloud and the database</title><link>https://tjvex.com/blog/your-backend-should-be-boring/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tjvex.com/blog/your-backend-should-be-boring/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator>Talha Javed</dc:creator><description>The exciting choices are the expensive ones. For most products, the right backend is a managed Postgres, a mainstream cloud and as few moving parts as possible. 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