CCirclenapinblog.circlenap.com·Dec 7, 2025 · 12 min readDesigning a Scalable Popularity Algorithm for Social Apps with Flutter & FirebaseProblem Statement and Requirements In developing a social challenge app built with Flutter and Firebase, we faced a critical product question while building the "Discover" screen: How do we define "popular"? Initially, the answer seemed simple: sort ...00
CCirclenapinblog.circlenap.com·Dec 3, 2025 · 8 min readImplementing Efficient Chat Pagination in Flutter with Firebase FirestoreProblem Statement and Requirements While developing a chat application, we faced a dilemma regarding message loading strategy: 100 message limit: Fast initial loading, but poor user experience when checking older conversations 1000+ messages loaded...00