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// FEATURED · v5 LAUNCH
Product·Sep 24, 2025·8 min read

Audio Engine 5.0 — generative orchestration on-device

Two years of R&D compressed into one release. Our new engine composes multi-track arrangements from a single seed — entirely offline, on a phone, with zero cloud dependency. Here is how the architecture works, why we chose probabilistic scheduling over deterministic timelines, and what the first 1,000 beta testers told us about the sound it produces.

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More from the workshop

Six posts a typical month — engineering, design, growth, and studio life.

// PRODUCT LAUNCH
Product·Sep 12, 2025·4 min

Audio Engine 4.2 — Programmatic Synth Patches

Our latest offline audio editor release brings generative patch libraries, 18% performance gains, and a redesigned transport bar.

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// ENGINEERING
Engineering·Aug 28, 2025·11 min

On-device E2EE: a practical guide for iOS engineers

What we learned shipping local-only encrypted sync — key management, threat models, and the mistakes we made.

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// DESIGN ESSAY
Design·Aug 14, 2025·7 min

The motion grammar behind Zen-grade mobile UX

How we built a single timing system so that every animation feels like part of one breath.

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// PRIVACY
Privacy·Jul 30, 2025·9 min

Designing a zero-data analytics pipeline for iOS apps

How we measure product health while staying strictly local. Aggregation tricks, differential privacy, and what we deliberately don't measure.

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// STUDIO
Studio·Jul 12, 2025·5 min

Two weeks in Quang Trung Software Park

A photo essay from our annual studio retreat. Coffee, code reviews on the rooftop, and the Vietnamese craft-food tour.

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// GROWTH
Growth·Jun 25, 2025·6 min

From #42 to #1 in Music — what worked for us on ASO

An honest breakdown of the experiments that took our audio editor from page 5 to the top chart in three regional stores.

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