It’s no secret that our world is becoming increasingly connected through technology—that with the swipe of a finger you can find love, order a Taco, and buy limited edition Ray
Your Restaurant, Powered by Chop
We’re excited to announce the launch of Chop for Business (getchop.co), which enables restaurants to deploy their own branded solution, powered by Chop technology. Since our initial launch last October
Designing for Accidental Disconnects: Our first attempt at an offline approach
Frequently not having any data connection in even the wealthiest and most developed cities of the world has led us to conclude that no, the mobile connectivity/bandwidth issue isn’t just going to solve itself on a global level anywhere in the near future.
Purposeful Design for User Permission
Design is the beauty of turning constraints into advantages. I love mobile design because it’s full of constraints. Those constraints force us to think carefully about how and when we present information to the user, and what questions we ask, leading the user to hopefully make the selection we want.
Why Chop
Our mission is to make a mobile commerce solution that will grow with merchant and consumer needs, available and affordable to local businesses. Customers can then have the Starbucks experience at any shop, and the merchant avoids astronomical upfront costs.
How We Built Chop
The small team is distributed but experienced, with expert knowledge in both JavaScript and native code. A few of us worked at Google so we value good engineering practices as well as autonomy to get work done at our own pace.
Fast and Fluid Infinite List with React Native
Infinite List, Windowed List, and RecyclerView are not new. In fact, their ideas are rather simple: render only what’s visible from the user’s viewport, recycle all item view instances with a smart backing data store, and progressively re-render dirtied items based on the scroll position delta. But details matter, and it’s not often done efficiently, regardless of platforms.