News, tutorials, and updates from the Huxly team.

A direct Stripe form inside an app doesn't satisfy Apple's donation rules, only approved nonprofits can collect funds in-app at all, and that status is separate from being a registered 501(c)(3). What the actual requirements are.
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Most salons run on booth rental, independent stylists renting a chair, not employees on staff. That changes the app's actual data model, and how it's built can create real IRS misclassification risk if it isn't handled deliberately.
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Insurance AI is regulated state by state, and Colorado's rules shifted twice in 2026, its general AI Act was repealed and replaced before it ever took effect. What SB21-169 actually requires, and why some existing guides are already describing a law that no longer exists.
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Any recruiting app that scores or ranks candidates likely counts as an Automated Employment Decision Tool under NYC's Local Law 144, and the law follows the candidate's location, not the employer's. What that actually requires, and why the map now extends well past NYC.
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A travel app's real product is whichever GDS sits behind the search bar. Amadeus vs Sabre vs Travelport, and how the FTC's pricing-transparency rule for tickets applies to lodging too.
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The FTC's Junk Fees Rule now carries real civil penalties for hidden ticket fees, and it applies to a small venue's own app the same as Ticketmaster. What that requires, and what Eventbrite's fees actually cost.
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Trying to out-build Instagram or TikTok for a general audience is the most common way a social app MVP fails, and it's a strategy problem, not an engineering one. Why content moderation is now an App Store survival requirement.
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Stripe Connect's own documentation is where most first-time marketplace builds actually stall, not the listings page. The five pieces every marketplace needs, and the cold-start sequencing that works.
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Unlike healthcare apps, most fitness and wellness apps sit outside HIPAA entirely. The real work is wearable integration: starting with HealthKit and Health Connect, knowing Google Fit is deprecated, and building for GLP-1 users as a real 2026 differentiator.
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Education apps for children sit under heavy regulation, and the rules just tightened, COPPA's revised rule became fully mandatory in April 2026. COPPA and FERPA aren't the same law, and most school-facing tools need to satisfy both.
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