This has been one of my biggest annoyances working with Python and pip when dealing with projects where that are not meant to be installed as a package, how do you handle dependencies? Think projects like application backends, python scripts, REST APIs etc If you’ve ever struggled with this, you’re going to love this: a…
How to stay in the coding flow using LLMs
We all know that moving to LLMs and agents has caused the feeling of losing touch with parts, or maybe even all, of a code base. This isn’t just something that is problematic for managing and handling the translation from business logic to implementation it is a problem because it feels exhausting. I’ve had coding…
The Pregnancy and Health Apps Still Leaking Data in 2026
When Yeeun Jo, a student at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) contacted me in 2025 to ask about data tracking in app advertisements related to women’s health and pregnancy I was a bit skeptical. I think I first told her along the lines that while such data collection was broad it was rarely so…
The Unbearable Cheapness of Open Weight Models
Today I was setting up Hermes to see how it does with web research. I chose DeepSeek V4 because I know it is cheap, but seeing it’s pricing next to Anthropic and OpenAI ‘frontier’ models is crazy. Nearly a 50x price increase based on tokens alone, let alone how much pondering any of their models…
Scan any iOS or Android App for SDKs and API Calls for Free with AppGoblin, no login
AppGoblin lets any user, from anywhere, request to scan any mobile app for the SDKs, trackers and API calls the app makes. How it works? Want to scan a lot of apps? AppGoblin has a 100% free android app that lets you select apps from your device. This lets you select groups or multiple apps…
Attribution in the Browser: Who Really Benefits from Google and Meta’s New Privacy Standard
Google, Meta and the unlikely addition of Mozilla are teaming up to work on a browser W3 specification that would add browser user agent features to track impression, click data and ‘conversion’ data. This data is then sent to respective parties Ad Impression → Ad NetworksConversions → Advertiser So far this is just a duplication…
App Marketing: Free App Analytics vs all the “Free” paywall companies
When SensorTower acquired AppMagic earlier this week it got me thinking about why. AppGoblin and many other tools offer many free and open resources for what SensorTower and AppMagic charge thousands for. Take a look at the paid vs free vs free (but limited) of the various ASO and app marketing services out there. None…
How many app SDKs did Publicis add with LiveRamp acquisition?
I decided to check AppGoblin to see how many apps LiveRamp had when Publicis acquired it for $2b, the answer seems to be ~300 mobile apps out of the top 200k apps. This is based on apps found with the LiveRamp SDKs. The apps also have a particularly, older vibe to them, looking at some…
AppGoblin App Ecosystem Report 2026 Q1
The 2026 Q1 App Ecosystem Report is here with a special section for those attending MAU in Vegas this week. Ad Networks were led by Verve once again after its strong Q4 2025, with other notable breakouts from Snap Inc., TaurusX, adjoe, and Moloco.Business Tools were led by small but super fast growing Luciq. PayPal…
Receiving Unexpected Positive Signals from the Mobile Ad Tech Community in 2026
I just wanted to write a bit about some of the inbound good vibes I’ve been getting from other industry thought leaders in 2026. I’m not writing this to gloat, but just to take a moment in the new year to enjoy the mobile ad industry recognition that myself and AppGoblin are starting to pickup….