https://altdevapps.com/blog Notes on building and running apps from Australia, from the team at Alt Dev Apps. en-au © 2026 Rowe Digital Holdings Pty Ltd as trustee for the Rowe Digital Trust hello@altdevapps.com (Alt Dev Apps) hello@altdevapps.com (Alt Dev Apps) Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://altdevapps.com/logo.png https://altdevapps.com/blog https://altdevapps.com/blog/bubsync-is-live https://altdevapps.com/blog/bubsync-is-live Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 2026-10-20T00:00:00.000Z Our shared baby tracker launched on Google Play and the web on 5 September 2026. Why it exists, what it does, and what building it taught us. bubsync launch product https://altdevapps.com/blog/shipping-with-a-small-team https://altdevapps.com/blog/shipping-with-a-small-team Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 2026-10-20T00:00:00.000Z The pipeline, the deliberately boring technology choices, where coding assistants genuinely help, and what a two-person company has to leave out. engineering ai process https://altdevapps.com/blog/compliance-is-product-work https://altdevapps.com/blog/compliance-is-product-work Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Consumer guarantees, subscription rules, app store policy, GST and accessibility, and how each of them changes what you actually build. compliance consumer-law accessibility https://altdevapps.com/blog/what-it-costs-to-run https://altdevapps.com/blog/what-it-costs-to-run Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT 2026-10-20T00:00:00.000Z The cloud bill for a small Australian software company, where the money really goes, and the architecture decisions that keep it boring. infrastructure cost architecture https://altdevapps.com/blog/designing-for-distance https://altdevapps.com/blog/designing-for-distance Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 2026-10-20T00:00:00.000Z Latency, edge delivery, offline-first design and the Australian time zone mess, from a product that has to work at 3am with no signal. performance architecture mobile https://altdevapps.com/blog/where-your-data-lives https://altdevapps.com/blog/where-your-data-lives Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 2026-10-20T00:00:00.000Z Data location, the Australian Privacy Principles and cross-border disclosure, written for people who have to pick a region and defend the choice. privacy compliance infrastructure https://altdevapps.com/blog/what-modern-means-here https://altdevapps.com/blog/what-modern-means-here Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 2026-10-20T00:00:00.000Z Building software here comes with constraints that do not apply in San Francisco. Most of them are opportunities, and a few of them are real. strategy australia