Building Roumi #002: mastering the monorepo audit with claude

In the excitement of building Epic 1, it’s easy to let technical debt slide. “I’ll fix it later” is the most dangerous sentence in software engineering. Before moving on to the complex features of Epic 2 (The Feed), I decided to pull the emergency brake. I wanted to ensure Roumi was built on bedrock, not quicksand. For this session, I enlisted the help of Claude Code Opus Thinking mode, arming it with specialized skills like Vercel React Best Practices and React Native Architecture Guidelines. Here is the deep dive into what we found, and how I fixed it. ...

January 21, 2026 · 4 min · 654 words · Adham Roumie

Building Roumi #001: crafting a "warm" identity & cross-platform auth

Welcome to the first devlog for Roumi, the app that transforms videos into viral text. I just wrapped up Epic 1: Onboarding & Identity, and I want to take you through my journey, from defining a unique artistic direction to solving complex cross-platform engineering challenges. ...

January 19, 2026 · 5 min · 913 words · Adham Roumie