https://homielab.com/en/blog Articles about building, shipping, and maintaining software products. en https://homielab.com/en/blog/how-to-remove-gps-location-from-a-photo https://homielab.com/en/blog/how-to-remove-gps-location-from-a-photo Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT en Phone photos can carry the exact spot where they were taken. See whether yours does and download a clean copy without the location, right in your browser. https://homielab.com/en/blog/how-to-share-wi-fi-with-a-qr-code https://homielab.com/en/blog/how-to-share-wi-fi-with-a-qr-code Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT en Make a Wi-Fi QR code in your browser: enter the network name and password, pick the security type, then print it so guests join with one scan on iPhone or Android. https://homielab.com/en/blog/how-to-make-a-vcard-qr-code https://homielab.com/en/blog/how-to-make-a-vcard-qr-code Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT en Make a vCard QR code in your browser: enter your name, phone, email and website, then print it on a business card so people save your contact with one scan. https://homielab.com/en/blog/how-to-create-a-vietqr-code https://homielab.com/en/blog/how-to-create-a-vietqr-code Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT en Make a VietQR code for bank transfers in your browser: pick your bank, enter your account number, add an amount and note if you like, then print it. https://homielab.com/en/blog/why-most-people-including-you-probably-don-t-need-an-ai-agent-yet https://homielab.com/en/blog/why-most-people-including-you-probably-don-t-need-an-ai-agent-yet Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT en A practical look at when AI agents are genuinely useful - and why a chatbot paired with a few simple automations may still be the better choice. https://homielab.com/en/blog/sharing-giapha-os-an-open-source-family-tree-application https://homielab.com/en/blog/sharing-giapha-os-an-open-source-family-tree-application Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT en Sharing GiaPha-OS - a free open-source family tree application and some lessons learned while building it. https://homielab.com/en/blog/build-in-public-when-a-product-gets-criticized https://homielab.com/en/blog/build-in-public-when-a-product-gets-criticized Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT en A reflection on building in public, early criticism, product visibility, and why imperfection can help products evolve. https://homielab.com/en/blog/download-kyojuro-rengoky-demon-slayer-wallpaper https://homielab.com/en/blog/download-kyojuro-rengoky-demon-slayer-wallpaper Tue, 25 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT en Download links for Kyojuro Rengoku Demon Slayer wallpapers in horizontal and vertical screen sizes. https://homielab.com/en/blog/my-experience-publishing-an-app-to-homebrew https://homielab.com/en/blog/my-experience-publishing-an-app-to-homebrew Sun, 23 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT en A short reflection on publishing an app to Homebrew, receiving user feedback, and building small tools that solve real problems. https://homielab.com/en/blog/as-an-indie-dev-the-hardest-part-isnt-coding-its-writing-the-onboarding https://homielab.com/en/blog/as-an-indie-dev-the-hardest-part-isnt-coding-its-writing-the-onboarding Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT en A reflection on why onboarding, landing pages, and UX writing can be harder than coding for solo indie developers. https://homielab.com/en/blog/the-paradox-limiting-features-is-a-feature https://homielab.com/en/blog/the-paradox-limiting-features-is-a-feature Mon, 29 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT en Why limiting features can become a product advantage, through the lens of Locket and minimalist social apps. https://homielab.com/en/blog/uiux-lessons-4-predicting-user-intent-and-showing-the-right-thing https://homielab.com/en/blog/uiux-lessons-4-predicting-user-intent-and-showing-the-right-thing Mon, 29 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT en Clipboard access, privacy, and why great apps predict what users want instead of making them do unnecessary work. https://homielab.com/en/blog/the-greatest-book-in-human-history https://homielab.com/en/blog/the-greatest-book-in-human-history Fri, 12 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT en A personal view on books, job interviews, and why the Book of Job in the Bible can be considered a great work. https://homielab.com/en/blog/it-and-the-determination-of-blind-users https://homielab.com/en/blog/it-and-the-determination-of-blind-users Mon, 17 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT en A story about how blind and visually impaired people use technology, social media, and why accessibility deserves more attention in product design. https://homielab.com/en/blog/introducing-drugbank-app-look-up-medicines-herbal-ingredients-and-pharmacies https://homielab.com/en/blog/introducing-drugbank-app-look-up-medicines-herbal-ingredients-and-pharmacies Sat, 23 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT en An introduction to DrugBank App, an app for looking up medicines, herbal ingredients and pharmacies from official data sources. https://homielab.com/en/blog/if-you-dont-commit-to-anything-youll-be-distracted-by-everything https://homielab.com/en/blog/if-you-dont-commit-to-anything-youll-be-distracted-by-everything Fri, 05 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMT en The story of Kaihogyo on Mount Hiei and a lesson about commitment, discipline and focus in work and in life. https://homielab.com/en/blog/lessons-ive-learned-building-mobile-products-the-fun-version https://homielab.com/en/blog/lessons-ive-learned-building-mobile-products-the-fun-version Tue, 07 May 2019 00:00:00 GMT en A lighthearted collection of lessons from building mobile products, covering bugs, analytics, user feedback, and the realities of product development. https://homielab.com/en/blog/react-native-lessons-should-you-use-expo https://homielab.com/en/blog/react-native-lessons-should-you-use-expo Wed, 24 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT en Practical considerations for choosing libraries in React Native and deciding whether Expo is the right fit for your project. https://homielab.com/en/blog/uiux-lessons-3-carousels-in-product-design https://homielab.com/en/blog/uiux-lessons-3-carousels-in-product-design Fri, 18 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT en When carousels help, when they hurt, and why users often ignore them despite designers loving them. https://homielab.com/en/blog/uiux-lessons-2-understanding-optimistic-ui https://homielab.com/en/blog/uiux-lessons-2-understanding-optimistic-ui Wed, 16 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT en An introduction to Optimistic UI-updating the interface before the server responds to make applications feel dramatically faster. https://homielab.com/en/blog/building-a-hackathon-team-matching-app-with-firebase https://homielab.com/en/blog/building-a-hackathon-team-matching-app-with-firebase Tue, 16 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMT en Lessons from rapidly building a hackathon team matching web app using Firebase, React, and a fully serverless stack. https://homielab.com/en/blog/introducing-react-recontext https://homielab.com/en/blog/introducing-react-recontext Mon, 24 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMT en A short introduction to react-recontext, a lightweight state management library inspired by Flux and built on React Context. https://homielab.com/en/blog/uiux-lessons-1-designing-for-everyone-is-like-pleasing-every-family https://homielab.com/en/blog/uiux-lessons-1-designing-for-everyone-is-like-pleasing-every-family Wed, 07 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMT en Everyday observations about product design, user expectations, and why creating interfaces for everyone is much harder than it seems.