Patriot Mail: from first commit to the App Store in four months
- The problem
- A greenfield AI-native email client for web, iOS and macOS had to reach real users fast, pass Google’s CASA Tier 2 security assessment and work for older people.
- What I did
- I was the principal engineer. I wrote the delivery plan, shaped the product vision and treated prompt injection through untrusted email as a design constraint before any model touched a mailbox. CASA and OWASP ASVS controls became a Playwright suite that runs on every pull request. WCAG 2.2 AA sits behind an automated axe gate.
- Result
- Public App Store release in four months. CASA Tier 2 passed and the yearly questionnaire turned into a check on every PR. Text scaling to 200% and a calm-email mode shipped for older users.
See also: SaaS & MVP · Mobile & desktop apps