FROM THE TEAM

What we are learning, building and getting wrong.

Notes on the product, the models behind it and what actually happens when a small business ships an app. Written by the people building Quiny, and only when there is something worth saying.
FEATURED · PRODUCT
What the first 500 builds taught us about asking questions
We thought people would write long briefs. They wrote one sentence and expected us to ask the rest, so we rebuilt the opening around eight questions, and far more people finished.
Read the post Sep 8, 2026 · 6 min read
ALL POSTS
7 posts
DESIGN
5 min read
Why we ask eight questions before drawing a screen
Every question has to earn its place by changing what gets built. Here is the test we apply, and the four we cut.
Quiny·Sep 2, 2026
PRICING
4 min read
Credits, plainly: what costs and what does not
Questions and approvals are free. Building spends credits. This is the whole pricing model in one page, with the edge cases.
Quiny·Aug 27, 2026
SHIPPING
7 min read
Submitting to the App Store from your own account
What happens between you approving the last screen and a reviewer opening your app, including the three rejections we see most.
Quiny·Aug 19, 2026
ENGINEERING
8 min read
Picking the model for the job, step by step
Careful build work, fast drafting, long context reading: four models, and the routing rules that decide between them.
Quiny·Aug 11, 2026
PRODUCT
5 min read
You own the code. Here is how to take it
Export to a zip or push to your own GitHub repository. What is in the box, what it runs on, and what you would need to keep it going.
Quiny·Aug 3, 2026
DESIGN
6 min read
Three looks, never a blank canvas
Why we show a shortlist instead of a theme editor, and how Quiny reads your existing photos to build it.
Quiny·Jul 24, 2026
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