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What Happens When Your Flutter App Stops Being Small

5d ago · 3 min read · Flutter is easy to start with. You build a few screens, connect an API, add some state management… and everything works. Until it doesn’t. At some point, your app stops being “small”. And then: build

Can AI Work Offline in Flutter? Here’s What’s Possible

5d ago · 5 min read · AI is everywhere in modern apps. From chat assistants to recommendations and automation, most Flutter apps today rely on cloud-based models like Gemini and other APIs. But there’s a problem: What happ

Building Agentic Flutter Apps with Gemini/Gemma

Aug 18, 2025 · 3 min read · AI has moved beyond static chatbots. The next wave of applications are agentic apps — AI-powered apps that can reason, act, and adapt dynamically to user needs. Instead of waiting for pre-defined screens, these apps use LLMs like Gemini (Google DeepM...

Enhance Your Flutter App with a Real Logger Instead of print()

Aug 18, 2025 · 3 min read · When you’re starting in Flutter, it feels natural to sprinkle print() statements everywhere. After all, it’s quick, simple, and gets the job done for debugging small projects. But as your app grows in complexity, relying on print() it becomes more of...

A friendlier guide to taming Flutter jank with DevTools 💙

Jun 1, 2025 · 3 min read · Picture this: you open your shiny new Flutter app, swipe to the next screen—and the animation hiccups. It’s the software-equivalent of spilling coffee on a white shirt. Luckily, Flutter DevTools is basically a laundromat for performance problems. Let...