So instead of condemning the idiots actions, the UK has endorsed them by assisting in taking a Russian flagged oil tanker, I can't see this going any other way than AMAZINGLY 🤦‍♂️ www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

If your engineering team is 'senior-only' + AI-assisted… where do tomorrow's seniors come from? New blog post on the 'disappearing middle': chrisbanes.me/posts/disapp...

Strong "the nurses have stolen my teeth" energy.

I've never subscribed to Sky or any of it's affiliates, but I'm really surprised after visiting the UK again, that people still tolerate watching advertising for a service they're already paying through the nose for

Establishing a weapons and knifes ban in certain areas of the city leaves me asking the question, WHY WAS IT EVER ALLOWED ANYWHERE?! www.berlin.de/en/news/1009...

I just paid 5€ for the privilege of making my own tea, reminds me of this scene. Drink coffee? Then here's a wonderful barista that trained their craft for years. Tea? Make it yourself bitch. m.youtube.com/watch?v=rG-r...

A lot of you are leaving your KotlinConf submissions to the last minute, as always. There's less than 2 weeks left now, make sure you get your topics in ASAP!

"Beauty"

⏳ There are just two weeks left to submit your talk for KotlinConf’26! 👉 sessionize.com/kotlinconf-2... 👈

📣 The KotlinConf’26 Call for Papers closes soon – you’ve got just three weeks left to submit your idea! We’d love to hear your Kotlin story. sessionize.com/kotlinconf-2...

me when the AI bubble bursts

Idea for an app: A messenger application that translates everything you say to sound like it came from an AI, hallucinations included. Me: Hi Mum, how are you? Mum: ... Me: Mum? Mum: You're absolutely right! The weather in Vancouver is surprisingly warm this year. Me: ...

Introducing Ellie, our new 10 week old addition to the family, here she is being tiny and adorable.

Don't forget to disable the automatically-on-by-default option to utilise your profile data for training AI models for #Microsoft #LinkedIn before November 3rd. Go to Settings & Privacy > Data Privacy #NoAI

@droidcon.bsky.social London has such an amazing line up, which can make it difficult to choose, which talk do you want to go to?! If you find yourself around at 16:10 tomorrow, you'll have some incredible speakers to choose from... #droidcon #DCLDN25

Check in 23 hrs 59 mins before flight... Middle seat. 🤬

Everybody touting about how AI helped their workflow, and I just end up with code that I neither wrote nor understand, not sure if I'm doing it wrong or if AI just really is shit

Hot Take: The internet is worse off for JavaScript having been invented.

On the train to #Prague for #DevFest25 now's a good time to start my slides right?

There are fewer more satisfying things than deleting code and thereby reducing the surface area of stuff that needs to be maintained and can go wrong. Good thread:

Finally, we can set Project view as default in Android Studio. This is really nice if you develop Kotlin Multiplatform project in Android Studio 🛠️📱 #AndroidDev #Kotlin #KotlinMultiplatform #AndroidStudio #iOSDev

Well this is rather cool, Thank you to @sessionize.com for making me speaker of the day! 🎉 sessionize.com/speakers-dir...

Looks like I should add status.github.com to my bookmarks www.theverge.com/tech/796119/...

Public WiFi networks that prohibit VPN traffic, what's your deal?!

Just met the most adorable little rescue kitten, sad story about where they were found, but they're a little fighter, hoping to adopt when they recover 🤞😻

This is a fascinating and scary little video. And what South Korea is experiencing is only slightly ahead of where the UK and many advanced economies are. Without immigration, we are FUCKED. I mean TOTALLY FUCKED. Yet all parties compete to stop migration. It's madness. youtu.be/Ufmu1WD2TSk?...

Designers when an android engineer ask to just use the system back arrow: “our custom back arrow is an expression of our brand, we cannot yield to looking like a Google app” Designers when Liquid Glass looks like shit everywhere in their app: “LEROY JENKINSSSSSSS”

Huge milestone! Day 1 keynotes from droidcon Berlin 2025 & Fluttercon EU 2025 are live on YouTube — same day as they happened! ▶️ Android keynote: youtu.be/CmTSnxCTyIk
▶️ Flutter keynote: youtu.be/lgG3O_sScqU #droidcon #Fluttercon #AndroidDev #Flutter

It is not possible to eat a Croissant elegantly, delicious, flaky bastards

I never thought about it, but saving the last preferred size of the window on a desktop app is a nice UX touch! Thanks to the user who reported it on FeedFlow. Here's how you can do it with Compose Multiplatform

One thing I find frustrating about living in Germany is how often Germans will assume Ashley is exclusively a woman's name, or that it was necessary to assume a gender in the first place.

My heart breaks into 10,000 pieces once again.

Been messing around with inserting this prompt into LLM conversations and it massively improves the “tends to over validate the user” issue. I kind of feel like consumer models should all have this by default

android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/08/elev... Since they're working on it, can I please just develop my apps without needing to register somewhere? Can we educate about trusted app sources, instead of enforcing arbitrary rules for everyone?

Hoorah! Looking forward to joining everybody at Droidcon London this year 🎉

But also if you're at droidcon Berlin, expect me to talk about embroidery and Android XR (two talks, two times the fun), or come be the booth, we'll write code together again... #dcberlin @droidcon.de

🚨📣ONLY 2 DAYS LEFT TO SUBMIT #dcldn25 TALK PROPOSAL 🚨📣 Share your #Android expertise in #London! Inspire the #AndroidCommunity, & showcase your #AndroidDev journey. Don't let this opportunity pass by – submit & be part of shaping the future of #AndroidDevelopment: sessionize.com/droidcon-lon...

A lot of us having been building apps with #JetpackCompose for a few years now, but do you know you can do a lot more than building UI? Join us this Wednesday at @c-base.org to learn from @ashdavies.dev, on managing state, business logic, and more with #CMP! www.meetup.com/berlindroid/...

How screwed would you be if you lost your Google Account today?? 1. Go to takeout.google.com and download a copy of everything, especially if you use Google Photos 2. Instead of using GMail directly, use your own domain and set up forwarding, you can do it for free with Cloudflare even

The official Android docs on test doubles are quite needed today. Please write fakes 🙏 , avoid mocks as possible. Assert output state, not behavior. Think of a program or a logical part of it as: input->output https://developer.android.com/training/testing/fundamentals/test-doubles

Screaming baby agrees to only shit on 15% of the bed, stressed parents described it as "a big deal, a huge deal" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

my new ai device will sit in a beer garden that backs onto a small river and drink three to five pints on a sunny late summer afternoon for you, leaving you free for more meetings and business calls

Berlindroid is back! For our July #meetup, we will have 2 amazing talk about #a11y, #AI, and Compose Multiplatform #CMP! See you at @c-base.org www.meetup.com/berlindroid/...

Also, we will have some amazing droidcon news to share. 🦾🥸👍

Metro wouldn’t be where it is without the road that Anvil paved before it. I’ve really enjoyed working with Joel and Jacob on several Metro features already, with @ralf-wondratschek.com in its early design phase, and really looking forward continuing to work with all of them. Future’s bright 🚇

Anvil is approaching the icebox, long live Metro. github.com/square/anvil...

This is big news https://github.com/square/anvil/issues/1149