Engineering 2026-07-05

Hardware-backed keys across iOS, watchOS, and visionOS

A practical look at CryptoKit, Secure Enclave, and how we keep keys off-device-risky surfaces.

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Design 2026-06-28

The 60ms rule: what we measure, and why

Sub-frame budgets aren't a luxury. They're the difference between tools that feel inevitable and tools that feel "fine."

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Privacy 2026-06-15

Zero-knowledge sync: how we did it without sacrificing UX

Encrypting on the client, syncing through a dumb pipe, and never letting the server see a byte of plaintext.

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Launch 2026-06-01

DeedVault 2.0 鈥?encrypted property documents, now with family sharing

End-to-end encrypted document sharing for spouses, attorneys, and co-owners. Local-first, zero-knowledge.

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Studio 2026-05-22

Welcoming two senior engineers to the studio

The team grows with engineers who share our obsession for craft. Read their stories and what they'll ship.

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Engineering 2026-05-10

CRDT sync: conflict-free, offline-first, boring on purpose

How we picked Yjs, what we customized, and the trade-offs we accepted to make multi-device sync feel invisible.

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Design 2026-04-25

Motion as semantic signal 鈥?not decoration

A taxonomy of choreographed motion, and the rules we follow so every transition means something.

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Privacy 2026-04-12

The data ledger: showing users what we store 鈥?and what we don't

Transparency as a feature. How we expose every byte to the user, and what they can do with that knowledge.

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