Jargonaut: Dev Vocabulary
Lekau Mamabolo Education iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Jargonaut: Dev Vocabulary is a free Education app for iPhone and iPad by Lekau Mamabolo. Requires iOS 15.0. Updated October 12, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 45 MB
- Age 12+
- Updated
- Oct 12
- 2026 · v2.0.0
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About Jargonaut: Dev Vocabulary
Ever nodded along in a standup pretending you knew what "idempotent" meant? Jargonaut fixes that — one concept a day, explained in plain English, locked in with a quick quiz. In 3–5 minutes a day, you'll go from nodding along to leading the conversation. Each daily mission teaches one real software engineering concept with a plain definition, a real-world analogy, a sentence you'd actually hear in a PR review, and a 3-question debrief to make it stick. WHO IT'S FOR • Junior developers who want to sound — and think — more senior • PMs, designers, and founders who work with engineering teams • Bootcamp grads and self-taught devs filling knowledge gaps • Anyone prepping for technical interviews WHAT YOU'LL MASTER 8 sectors of the jargon universe: Architecture, Code Craft, Data & Storage, DevOps, Team & Process, Security, Networking, and AI/ML. Decoupling, idempotency, CAP theorem, CI/CD, zero trust, RAG, and hundreds more. HOW IT WORKS • Daily missions — one concept, 3–5 minutes, every day • Debrief quizzes — three questions to lock it in • Orbit streaks — build the habit, don't break the chain • Signal & ranks — climb from Cadet to Jargonaut • Games — personal crosswords built from terms you've charted, a weekly community crossword, and Hangman when you ace your debrief • Works fully offline — learn on the subway, sync later Go Pro to chart every sector, pin your favorite domain, run extra missions, and get the weekly crossword delivered straight to your lock screen. Reach Rank 5 and the app's name becomes your identity: you're a Jargonaut. Start your first mission today — it takes three minutes. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
What’s new
Version 2.0.0 · Updated October 12, 2026
Story Mode is now how you learn in Jargonaut. You've joined Twende. Pick a team, sit in on the conversations, and make the call when it's your turn. Every term turns up where you'd actually hear it: in the middle of a real problem, from someone who needs you to understand it. WHAT'S NEW IN STORY MODE • Every mission has a scene. All 8 teams now have their own chat-style scenes: Architecture, Networking, Security, DevOps, Data & Storage, Code Craft, AI/ML, and Team & Process. • Your choices matter. Scenes stop and ask what you'd do. Pick a reply and see how it lands. • Story Mode comes first. It's now the default way in, with a short welcome that shows you around the first time you open it. • Your team, your intro. Each team opens with its own demo, so your first few minutes match what you came to learn. • Switch teams any time, free. Curious what Security is dealing with? Go and look. • Missions flow better. Hold the node to launch, then swipe through the mission one step at a time. • You can feel it. Messages in scenes now land with a subtle haptic tap. ALSO IN THIS RELEASE • Cancelling Apple sign-in no longer shows an error. • Going Pro now lands you on a proper celebration screen. • Fonts load instantly, even offline. • The app picks better moments to ask for a rating.
App privacy
The developer, Lekau Mamabolo, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Contact Info: Email Address
Used for: App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
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