Dispatch

We stay close to the people shipping software this week — funding that actually closed, launches that landed, and the small decisions behind them. Reported here, in plain language.

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Dara Fenwick · 5 min read

Rebuilding a mobile browser around a single thumb

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Milos Petrak · 6 min read

Why your screen-time chart keeps telling you a comfortable lie

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Jonah Reyes · 3 min read

The quiet upside of pausing your raise

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Priya Raghunathan · 7 min read

Wexford ships 112 updates and a bet on live commerce

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Amara Cole · 8 min read

A solo founder's third attempt is the one that caught

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Theo Lindqvist · 4 min read

Retail apps are quietly copying each other's search

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Hana Okabe · 6 min read

What 9,412 launch comments taught us about timing

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Bram Vosloo · 9 min read