A blank Google Doc now looking like any AI chat page with the input field on the bottom 🤮

Blue LEDs are awful enough when they're on a power button, but this is a crime.

Reminder: do check the calendar today.

Are you an Android developer who heard of Compose Multiplatform but never actually tried it? You can get the guided tour by attending our KotlinConf workshop this year! A full day of hands-on learning, with personalized help all along the way. kotlinconf.com/works...

Remember MKBHD's now shutdown Panels wallpaper app? While the product might not have worked out, its codebase was KMP (with a tiny bit of CMP too), and it's now open source!

There's a lot more to the story, including some **huge** things, but this is still an excellent summary of the situation given the format and its time constraints.

Shipping builds to TestFlight is the opposite of a "just works" experience. Everything gets stuck in broken states constantly, and then you have to jiggle things around by removing/adding people again and other random debugging steps. Shouldn't be this hard.

I'm preparing a talk on migrating Android apps to Kotlin Multiplatform and looking for input! If you've already done this kind of migration - with any amount of code - what advice would you give to others? What was easy, what was hard, and what would you do differently?

GitHub will train its copilot on your discussions & code. Opt-out in github.com/settings/cop...

🪷 Needed to clear my cache today. The conference madness is coming. Found a spot near Reichenbachbrücke. Cold. Peaceful. Zero Jira tickets. Marking this location as 'Safe Mode' for when your social battery hits 1%.

CSS is hard.

No, no, and still no. Installing an app on an Android device you've purchased and fully own is not "sideloading". It's just... using your device. Nothing more. Let's not pretend even for a second that "sideloading" is a normal term to describe this.

KMP isn't limited to sharing business logic - you can also build apps with fully shared UI with Compose Multiplatform! If you've been waiting to learn how, check out our full-day KotlinConf workshop: kotlinconf.com/workshops/#:...

"Give me a sec, I need to reboot my desk lamp"

I still keep my Twitter account open, as it unfortunately still has significant reach to people who aren't active elsewhere. However, I treat it entirely as write-only, and try to never open the app or website directly. If you want to reply to me, please do it... anywhere else.

We still hear from a lot of people who assume KMP is only for sharing logic. With Compose Multiplatform though, you can also have shared cross-platform UI, with 100% of your code in Kotlin! If you're looking to pick up CMP, join our KotlinConf workshop: kotlinconf.com/works...

Good news from kotlinx-rpc! They now have a dev preview available where you can use gRPC with Kotlin Multiplatform! Check out the release notes and resources to try it:

Kotlin 2.3.20 is out, with cool new features like name-based destructuring. We also have a revamped structure for its what new page, check it out and tell us how you like it!

When I realize that something I'm reviewing was produced by AI, my motivation to read and comprehend it drops instantly. It's like my brain is refusing to process it anymore, because it feels pointless and I don't trust that whoever shared it actually believes in its contents.

After almost a decade in the community, contributing as a GDE for years and even being a Googler (and an I/O speaker!) at some point, this is the first time I got this invitation. While it's nice to get it, you'll find me in Munich instead 😉 https://kotlinconf.com/

GitHub not sorting PRs by latest updated by default is a little diabolical. Trying to find a PR that was created 2 months ago and merged 2 minutes ago? Good luck, it's on page 5.

Just looked at some stats and it looks like more than half of you are already on Kotlin 2.3, which is great! For those of you who aren't though: check out our release video to see what you're missing out on

They've put Room on the web with its KMP-packed 3.0 release! Check out the sample here: github.com/danysantiago... To persist across page reloads, swap from the `inMemoryDatabaseBuilder` to a regular `databaseBuilder` and specify a file name.

If you're looking to expand your horizons from Jetpack Compose on Android to using Compose Multiplatform, this workshop is for you! Join Victor Kropp and myself for an entire day of explanations, hands-on exercises, and personalized help the entire way. kotlinconf.com/works...

Trying to navigate how serialization works with Nav3 routes in multiplatform? Check out these great new docs we just published: kotlinlang.org/docs/...

If you're still looking for help with AGP 9 migrations for your Kotlin projects, don't forget to catch this video where I spent 20 minutes going through all the details you need to know! Pure Android or KMP, it's all in there. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0Cq...

This year again @zsmb.co and I are running Compose Multiplatform workshop at KotlinConf. Come and learn how to fix that nasty white padding behind the system home button on the screenshot below 🤣

Love this new campaign that YouTube started to highlight who shared a given link with you. Hopefully it will make people more aware to start removing their tracking info from URLs.

Curious to know what @jetbrains.com Developer Advocates do on Bluesky? Here's a list you should use 👇 bsky.app/profile/did:...

We are working hard on updating everything in our Compose Multiplatform workshop at KotlinConf for this year. AGP 9, Nav 3, and many many other goodies being packed in there. Check out the details here: kotlinconf.com/works...

People who complain about Windows updates must not have updated macOS before.

Big changes are coming with the latest version of the Android Gradle plugin. In this video, @zsmb.co walks through what’s changing, why it matters, and how to upgrade your Kotlin projects with confidence. 👀 youtu.be/m0Cq6J-V_RY?...

Dear YouTube, Can you stop fucking with the Subscriptions page for like 5 seconds Cheers

Okay. Let's talk AGP 9. Check out the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0Cq...

Okay. Let's talk AGP 9. Check out the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0Cq...

Let's talk AGP 9.0 by @zsmb.co. A perfectly cut 20:00 runtime. 👏 youtu.be/m0Cq6J-V_RY

AGP 9.0 includes some significant changes for Kotlin projects. Here's a video covering everything you need to know about the migration and pointing you to all the resources that can help you along the way.

The Kotlin roadmap was just updated! Check out what you can expect the team to work on in the near future. kotlinlang.org/docs/...

Pi-hole is an absolutely fantastic piece of software. Even if it gets you into funny situations sometimes when you want to look at the docs for an analytics library or open an analytics dashboard.

A free pro tip for those of you who have wisdom teeth: Don't.

Join our CMP workshop! It's gonna be a great time.

Sometimes - and I swear this actually happens - I use the YouTube app for several minutes at a time without running into a bug.

Any Exposed users around here? Here's a great place to send your feedback:

If you're using convention plugins and updating to AGP 9, check out this page that shows how to use the latest APIs: developer.android.co...

When I realized that I need to take 3 different kinds of medicine, several times a day each, for about a week, it was immediately clear which AI tool I'll use to vibe code a tracker app... None of them. This just needs a pen and paper. Get your minds out of the gutter, people.

Asking for a friend: what would you consider a "large" or "too large" API response size? 100 KB? 200 KB? 500 KB? 3 MB?

If you haven't caught up with everything that's new in Kotlin 2.3 yet, grab the latest episode of Talking Kotlin wherever you listen to your podcasts! We go through nearly everything in the release in this special, audio-only episode. Feedback very welcome!

Fun fact: LinkedIn redirects every linkedin.com/android** URL to their "mobile apps" page. So these all go there: linkedin.com /androidbudapest linkedin.com /android/zPjMOiLFtgJhCNXBEydYcw== linkedin.com /android/ipsec.d/certs/edge/etc/cron.d/cipher linkedin.com /androidMRQ3kwp_fgy-vyb5vef

I don't use Spotlight frequently enough to actually install a replacement, but damn, when it opens "Figma" after I type in "Finder", or "Digital Color Meter" when I type in "Discord"...

📢 New KEEP published 🎉 We now have a proposal for sharing internals between modules ready for your review and comments. (Spoiler: The KEEP includes a very important explanation of why modules just can't be friends.)