Ash Smith

Joined September 2025

18 stories

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Ash Smith writes about tech, emerging technologies, AI, and work life. He creates clear, trustworthy stories for clients in Seattle, Indianapolis, Portland, San Diego, Tampa, Austin, Los Angeles, and Charlotte.

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How Poor State Management Breaks Apps Over Time?
The first clue wasn’t on the screen. It was in my own reaction. I caught myself tapping the same button twice, not out of impatience, but uncertainty. I wasn’t sure the app had understood me the first time. That small doubt lingered longer than the action itself.
By Ash Smith22 days ago in Futurism
Managing Background Tasks Without Killing Battery Life
The first sign came from my pocket, not the screen. A faint warmth pressed against my leg as I walked, phone untouched for hours. I stopped, pulled it out, and stared at the battery percentage like it had betrayed me. Nothing obvious had happened. No long calls. No videos. Just a quiet drain that felt personal.
By Ash Smith23 days ago in Education
Mobile App Security Basics Every Product Team Should Know
The morning it clicked for me was unremarkable. I was early, the office still quiet, lights half on, coffee cooling faster than I liked. I opened a dashboard I had checked a hundred times before, not looking for anything in particular, just following a habit I’d picked up over the years.
By Ash Smith26 days ago in Writers
How Mobile Apps Keep AI Prompts and Responses From Being Exposed?. AI-Generated.
The first time I felt uneasy about it, I wasn’t looking at an error or a warning. I was reading a prompt. It was late, the office quiet, my laptop casting a soft glow across the desk. The prompt looked harmless at first glance. Just a question a user had asked an AI-powered feature. Still, as I read it again, I realized how much of the user’s inner context was sitting there in plain text.
By Ash Smith27 days ago in Journal
Offline-First Mobile Apps What Most Teams Get Wrong. AI-Generated.
The moment I stopped trusting an offline-first promise didn’t involve a crash or an error. It happened quietly, during a commute, when my phone slipped in and out of signal without asking permission.
By Ash Smith27 days ago in Journal
From QA to Production: Why Apps Slow Down. AI-Generated.
The first time I felt the disconnect, I was standing in a quiet QA room late in the afternoon, surrounded by neatly arranged test devices glowing on a long table. Every phone was plugged in. Every screen was clean. A tester tapped through the app with calm confidence while an engineer watched from behind, arms crossed, visibly relieved.
By Ash Smith27 days ago in Journal