// the labs

Workshop in progress.

mycuppa.io is the Cuppa Tech sandbox — learning notes, R&D experiments, and a build-time scrape on AI & mobile. Less polished than cuppatech.com; that's the point.

// latest

Fresh from the feed. all news →

  1. [openai]

    Perplexity trusts GPT-6 Astra with end-to-end systems

    Perplexity uses Astra to write communications, change software, and monitor production systems, and checks in much less frequently than with earlier models.

  2. [simon willison]

    Quoting Paul Ford

    For a while, I must admit, it looked as if software developer roles like mine were done for. How could we fight against tireless robots? But our industry is…

  3. [hacker news]

    How SaaS startup guys get first 100 customers first, make fkn $500k ARR fast?

    I am running a small AI company that has been building an offline security audit app, simply a fine-tuned small language model powering an Electron app that…

  4. [hacker news]

    Nvidia is the central bank of AI

  5. [latent space]

    The Rise of the Forward Deployed Engineer — and How To Do the Job Right

    Before co-founding Kepler, Vinoo Ganesh led Spark at Palantir and built Project Frontline — a pioneering program for Forward Deployed Engineers. He takes us…

// notes

Recent learning notes. all articles →

  1. // Mobile · iOS

    Modern iOS App Architecture - Part 1: Foundation & Layers

    Deep dive into modern iOS app architecture, covering layered architecture, MVVM, unidirectional data flow, and dependency injection. Essential guide for building scalable iOS applications with SwiftUI.

  2. // Mobile · iOS

    Modern iOS App Architecture - Part 2: State Management & Navigation

    Learn advanced state management patterns, navigation coordination, and data flow in modern iOS applications with SwiftUI and Combine.

  3. // Mobile · iOS

    Modern iOS App Architecture - Part 3: Testing & Best Practices

    Master testing strategies, dependency injection patterns, and production-ready best practices for modern iOS applications.

  4. // AI · MCP

    Building an AI Chatbot with MCP-Inspired Skills Architecture

    Learn how to build a production-ready AI chatbot using MCP-inspired Skills, markup-based knowledge, and cost-optimized architecture. Complete guide with code examples for modern applications.

  5. // Mobile · Android

    Mobile AI Chatbot Integration: Android Native Implementation

    Complete guide to integrating AI chatbot into Android (Jetpack Compose) apps with streaming responses, native UI, and authentication.

// what's here

Three surfaces.