https://www.bearacle.com/blog Launches, build logs and the occasional argument about tab widths, from the team of geeks behind Vibeshift, Pocket ID, Deutsch Dojo, Fuel Meter and Clear Roam. en-us Sun, 30 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.bearacle.com/assets/images/logo.png https://www.bearacle.com/blog https://www.bearacle.com/blog/clear-roam-first-look https://www.bearacle.com/blog/clear-roam-first-look Sun, 30 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Behind the scenes 197 countries in the catalogue, a checkout that works, and a launch date we are still not giving you. https://www.bearacle.com/blog/fuel-meter-is-live-in-north-macedonia https://www.bearacle.com/blog/fuel-meter-is-live-in-north-macedonia Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Launch Every regulated price the moment the decision lands — plus the cost stack behind it, which nobody else publishes. https://www.bearacle.com/blog/pocket-id-on-the-app-store https://www.bearacle.com/blog/pocket-id-on-the-app-store Mon, 24 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Launch Android first, iOS second, and one review rejection that turned out to be a fair question. https://www.bearacle.com/blog/noted-and-gotta-go https://www.bearacle.com/blog/noted-and-gotta-go Wed, 19 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Announcement Small apps, small scope, no accounts. The kind we build between the big ones — and where most of our good ideas actually start. https://www.bearacle.com/blog/announcing-fuel-meter-and-clear-roam https://www.bearacle.com/blog/announcing-fuel-meter-and-clear-roam Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Announcement One reads a government decision every Monday night. The other kills your roaming bill. Both are in build. https://www.bearacle.com/blog/deutsch-dojo-is-live https://www.bearacle.com/blog/deutsch-dojo-is-live Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Launch Three official Goethe-Institut practice exams, the original audio, and an AI examiner for the two parts where everyone loses points. https://www.bearacle.com/blog/vibeshift-is-live-on-google-play https://www.bearacle.com/blog/vibeshift-is-live-on-google-play Sat, 01 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Launch The check-in app and the HR dashboard both shipped. Here's what's in the box, and what is still in the queue. https://www.bearacle.com/blog/bearacle-com-is-live https://www.bearacle.com/blog/bearacle-com-is-live Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Company Hand-written HTML, a CDN stylesheet and a bear. No build step, no cookie banner, nothing to consent to. https://www.bearacle.com/blog/why-we-killed-the-employee-survey https://www.bearacle.com/blog/why-we-killed-the-employee-survey Tue, 07 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Product Forty-seven questions once a year is not a measurement, it's an autopsy. Vibeshift asks four things and asks them often. https://www.bearacle.com/blog/pocket-id-enters-beta https://www.bearacle.com/blog/pocket-id-enters-beta Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Behind the scenes We shipped a vault. The testers used it as a calendar. That changed the app. https://www.bearacle.com/blog/what-we-are-building-first https://www.bearacle.com/blog/what-we-are-building-first Tue, 19 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Announcement The list had thirty-one ideas on it. Here are the two that survived, the three filters that killed the rest, and what we threw out on purpose. https://www.bearacle.com/blog/we-are-a-team-of-geeks https://www.bearacle.com/blog/we-are-a-team-of-geeks Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Company No growth hackers, no synergy deck. Developers, designers, and one person who reads tax legislation recreationally. https://www.bearacle.com/blog/bearacle-is-a-company-now https://www.bearacle.com/blog/bearacle-is-a-company-now Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Company For two years it was a group chat with a shared folder of half-finished apps. As of today it has a name, an address in Wyoming, and a bear in a suit.