Ilya founded Nerdy Production and leads its engineering. Before that he was CTO of QIWI, one of Russia's largest payment platforms, where he ran roughly 12 engineering teams spanning web products down to card processing, PCI-DSS scope, and contactless payments — including building contactless card payments on Android via Host Card Emulation over ISO/IEC 14443, with EMV Contactless (Visa PayWave) on top. He was also a principal developer at Yandex, where he worked on Yandex.Auto — taking native Android deep into the vehicle, with heavy CAN-bus integration through a custom CAN shield. He was also a principal at Evotor, whose point-of-sale devices run on a forked AOSP, giving him a low-level view of Android most app developers never touch. He has been building software since 2010 and shipping production Flutter since 2018, and now leads delivery on the agency's flagship apps — from the chart-heavy fintech UI of ExtraETF to the fully custom design system of Arcana. He writes most of the essays on this blog and maintains the agency's open-source work, including the dxpdf DOCX-to-PDF engine. He works across Flutter, Go, Rust, TypeScript, Kotlin, Kubernetes, and Docker, with a focus on app architecture, cross-platform delivery, and building teams that ship.
Recent posts
Flutter vs Native (iOS/Android) in 2026: When Cross-Platform Wins and When It Doesn't
An honest Flutter shop's comparison of Flutter and native iOS/Android development in 2026 — real cost and time differences, performance, UX fidelity, maintenance, and a decision framework for founders.
June 12, 2026Deferred Deep Linking After Firebase Dynamic Links: App Clips + Play Install Referrer
Firebase Dynamic Links shut down in 2025. Build reliable, privacy-friendly deferred deep linking on iOS and Android with App Clips and the Play Install Referrer API.
June 4, 2026What a 40% Mobile Cost Reduction Actually Looks Like — Numbers from 4 Nerdy.pro Projects
Most cost-reduction claims in mobile development are vague. Four real projects from our portfolio show where the 40% actually comes from — and where founders waste it instead.
May 24, 2026Flutter vs React Native in 2026: The Honest Engineering Tradeoffs
A Flutter shop's honest take on when to pick React Native instead — 8 dimensions compared, with real examples from apps we've shipped.
April 20, 2026Flutter App Development Cost in 2026: Real Numbers from Real Projects
What a Flutter app actually costs to build in 2026 — broken down by MVP, business, e-commerce, and enterprise tiers, with honest numbers and what you get at each price point.
April 16, 2026