App Store Rejection: Common Reasons and Fixes

App Store rejections explained. The real reasons and how to avoid every one of them.

Typical time wasted: 2-8 days per rejection cycle

Backend API Boilerplate Fatigue

Same backend setup. Every project. Auth, migrations, endpoints, deployment. It never changes, but it always takes time.

Typical time wasted: 4-8 hours per project

Code Signing & Provisioning Profile Hell

Code signing and provisioning profiles explained. The most frustrating part of iOS development — solved.

Typical time wasted: 12-26 hours in the first year

In-App Purchase Integration Nightmare

In-app purchases on iOS and Android are completely different APIs. Testing is painful. Receipt validation is error-prone.

Typical time wasted: 28-50 hours of implementation

Last-Item Stock Race Condition in Mobile Ecommerce

Two users buy the last item at the same second and you oversell. The fix is a Postgres function that locks, decrements, and inserts atomically.

Mobile App Deployment is Unnecessarily Complex

Mobile deployment has 20+ manual steps. Build, sign, provision, submit, wait, fix, resubmit. There's a better way.

Typical time wasted: 8-16 hours per release cycle

Push Notification Permission Asked at the Wrong Time

Asking for push permission on first launch cuts opt-in in half. The fix: ask after the first meaningful action, with a pre-prompt.

React Native Cold Start is Slower Than People Expect

React Native cold start on older Android is 3+ seconds by default. Where the time goes and the handful of fixes that matter.

React Native Project Setup Takes Too Long

Every React Native project starts with a week of setup before you write actual product code.

Typical time wasted: 36-72 hours per new project

Supabase RLS Returns Empty — Not an Error. I Lost 3 Hours to This.

Supabase RLS silently returns empty instead of an error. I lost 3 hours before figuring this out. Here's the 5-minute fix.