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Built with brain & bricks.

We're a duo studio — Principal iOS engineering meets structural QC inspection. Currently shipping FootSteps on the App Store, plus enterprise iOS work and 12+ years of precast quality control across the UAE.

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Years Precast QC
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EoM 2023
Arslan Ahmad — Principal iOS Engineer
FootSteps · Live
✦ SwiftUI
◈ Structural QC
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About Us

Where intelligence
meets structure.

Two brothers — one builds digital products, the other builds physical structures. Together, we ship things that last.

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Featured Work

Things we've built.

Apps shipped to the App Store, structures inspected, and projects that ship together.

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FootSteps

GPS Trail Tracking · iOS

Record walking paths, retrace them with real-time ghost navigation, share trails with family. Built with SwiftUI + Google Maps SDK + Supabase. Live on the App Store.

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Enterprise iOS

Confidential Client Work

Enterprise iOS work for financial and insurance clients in East & Central Africa. Security-hardened apps, encryption, and SDK integrations.

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🚀 Coming Soon

New iOS App

In Planning

A new personal iOS project in early planning. Want to be the first to know? Subscribe via the contact form below.

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🧱 Site Inspections

Precast QC Portfolio

Construction Quality Assurance

Completed inspections at Exeed Precast Abu Dhabi, RedX Bahrain, Dubai Precast & Rak Precast. 12+ years of precast quality control work.

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Precast

Hollow Core Slabs — What Production Inspectors Actually Look For

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Services

Code and concrete, designed to last.

Two specialties under one roof. Hire us for app development, QC inspections, or both.

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iOS Development

Full-cycle native iOS app development. SwiftUI, UIKit, Objective-C — architecture to App Store submission.

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App Architecture

Clean MVVM, SwiftData modelling, Supabase backend integration, offline-first data strategies.

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AI-Assisted Dev

Accelerated development using Claude and ChatGPT as core dev partners. Ship faster, iterate daily.

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Security & Auth

Jailbreak detection, SSL pinning, AES-256 encryption, Secure Enclave, Keychain — production-grade.

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QC Inspection

On-site quality control inspections — materials, structural integrity, compliance verification.

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Compliance Reports

Detailed inspection reports, code compliance documentation, materials testing analysis.

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Contact

Let's build something.

Available for iOS development, QC inspection consulting, and full project builds. Reach out at hello@brainandbricks.com — we'll reply within 24 hours.