https://www.philipr.dev/blog Long-form writing on building and shipping software: React Native and Expo mobile apps, client work, backend architecture, and the parts of the process that never make it into a case study. en-us Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.philipr.dev/blog/from-paper-sketch-to-shipping-app-gamelynx https://www.philipr.dev/blog/from-paper-sketch-to-shipping-app-gamelynx Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT A client emailed asking for a golf matchmaking app. What arrived first was ten panels of hand-drawn paper. What shipped a year later kept more of that paper than I expected, and threw away the one thing I was most confident about. React Native Expo Client Work Mobile Development Product Design