Building Roumi #004: Polishing the gem: UI/UX overhauls and security audits

It’s been a busy few weeks since our deep dive into Firebase debugging. We’ve shifted gears from backend plumbing to frontend polish, focusing heavily on the user experience across both the Roumi mobile app and our landing page. We also took a step back to ensure our foundation is secure with a comprehensive security review. Here is the rundown of what we’ve been working on. ...

February 17, 2026 · 3 min · 460 words · Adham Roumie

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