Vadim Drobinin

Senior iOS engineer & consultant. 15+ years shipping apps for medical, fintech, and consumer. SwiftUI, TCA, on-device ML, HIPAA. Apps acquired by Twitter, featured by Apple, CES & Webby honours.

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The Whole App is a Blob

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Building a Tamagotchi-style language learning iOS app with SwiftUI character animation - on drill design, motivation loops, and where Duolingo gets it wrong.