Our Next App: What's under the hood.
Mar 13, 2025
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Steve Polacek
We've been in the Eight Bit lab, crankin’ up the flux capacitor for our next app release. Here’s a sneak peek at what’s under the hood:

Mobile Dev & Design 📱
Flutter → Seamless cross-platform builds for iOS & Android
Tech First → Solving the serious tech first, then shaping the UI.
Copilot-assisted workflows → AI-assisted design & code to speed up iteration
Shared Environment → Designers & devs working in the same codebase
Backend & Infrastructure 🖥️
Ruby on Rails → API & business logic
PostgreSQL → Structured storage + AI-enabled fuzzy matching
AWS (S3, Lambda, EC2) → Scalable cloud infrastructure
Natural language database queries → Making data retrieval effortless
AI Toolchains 🧠
Perplexity API → Better data accuracy & refinement
Generative AI API → for high level reasoning
AWS textract and rekognition → Advanced image recognition & processing
Data & Integrations 📊
Cloud databases → Dynamic content retrieval at scale
Third-party APIs → Enriched data for smarter experiences
On-device caching → Speed + offline functionality
Future Innovations 💡
ML-powered recommendations → Custom-trained ML models for deeper accuracy
Shape-based recognition → Beyond traditional OCR
Experimenting with LiDAR → Unlocking new possibilities in 3D scanning
If our calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour... you're gonna see some serious stuff.