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From architecture decisions to product philosophy — written by the team building Astroune.

Engineering

How We Built an Offline-First POS System That Syncs in Real Time

A deep dive into the architecture behind Core POS — local-first storage, conflict resolution, and background sync that just works.

Amina Wanjiku Amina Wanjiku
May 28, 2025 · 8 min read
Product

Why Most Business Software Fails Restaurants (And What We Did Differently)

Generic software doesn't understand the pace of a busy kitchen. Here is the thinking behind Core POS's restaurant-first design.

Brian Kamau Brian Kamau
May 14, 2025 · 6 min read
Cloud

Zero-Downtime Deployments on a Budget: Our Kubernetes Setup

How we run production Kubernetes for multiple SaaS clients without enterprise cloud bills — and the tradeoffs we made.

Amina Wanjiku Amina Wanjiku
Apr 30, 2025 · 10 min read
Design

Building a Design System Across Four Products Without Losing Your Mind

Lessons from maintaining a single Figma component library that serves four distinct SaaS products with different brand personalities.

Sophie Achieng Sophie Achieng
Apr 12, 2025 · 7 min read
Business

The Real Cost of Manual Operations in East African SMEs

We surveyed 50 businesses across Kenya and found that manual processes cost the average SME 14 hours of staff time per week. Here's what they told us.

James Mwenda James Mwenda
Mar 25, 2025 · 5 min read
Engineering

React Native vs Flutter in 2025: Our Honest Assessment

We've shipped production apps in both. Here is when we reach for each one, what the DX is actually like, and which we'd choose for a greenfield project today.

Amina Wanjiku Amina Wanjiku
Mar 10, 2025 · 9 min read

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