OkHttp 5.0 has a stable API. 🗿

This is just a personal anecdote but probably worth noting for job hunters and learners: I've been asked 3 times just in the past week (!) by hiring managers for native Android developers! If you're deciding what you want to pick up/hone, that seems to be in pretty high demand right now.

Is there a reference implementation of this? Would be neat to see

Great podcast on data modeling and preventing invalid states!

My favourite fact about the Super Bowl is businesses have to call it “the big game” since “Super Bowl” is trademarked

New post! Why you should use EmptyCoroutineContext instead of Dispatchers.Unconfined. code.cash.app/dispatchers-...

go.bsky.app/BWjNgtr Thank you @p-y.wtf for the wonderful idea (still building the list)

This is one of those top tier posts that everyone should read. It still helps me with designing APIs!

I wrote a blog post that's really just an excuse to trick you into watching @worrydream.com's Inventing on Principle talk

I love Kotlin but please don't abuse its features. I regularly see code like in the first function when you can instead write a simple if statement: it's shorter, easier to read, and doesn't allocate an object! Thankfully both functions compile to the same assembly when R8 is turned on.

I wrote about Kotlin scripting

Let's look at Bluesky performance on Android! I managed to build a release build of the app and ran some traces, let's see what we can find... I have ~hour, will add to this thread as I investigate

👋 I made a starter pack of past & present Android engs from Block (Square, CashApp..) Ask us what we think about fragments 😜 If you want to be in this lost, you know what to do 😘 block.xyz/careers/jobs... #AndroidDev go.bsky.app/SLiJNP5

Building a Kotlin Multiplatform starter pack. Still working through followers and finding other folks on the platform. Lots of people joined recently, so I'm definitely missing accounts. Ping me with suggestions! go.bsky.app/2oR84o6

Me checking status.maven.org after it throws an exception when trying to release.

Mix Native iOS Views in Compose Multiplatform With Touchlab's New Library! youtu.be/UukFp6TbcZ8?... Compose Swift Bridge (touchlab.co/composeswift...) looks like very useful addition to Compose Multiplatform ecosystem!

Picasso has officially been deprecated: github.com/square/picas...

Super easy to set up! I’m @colinwhite.me now.

Coil 3.0 is out now! The main feature of this release is full Compose Multiplatform support, but there are tons of other smaller improvements. Check it out! colinwhite.me/post/coil_3_...

I am proud of this code.cash.app/burst

Made an #AndroidDev Starter Pack! Please let me know if I missed anyone so I can connect with them as well 😁 go.bsky.app/Etd57t6

Big changes coming to the Fragmented 🎙️ We’re moving from Wordpress → a leaner, simpler website. Long overdue and shipping in the next few days! We also recorded our SemiQuincentennial (that's #250) episode with some very very big announcements. Drops next week—stay tuned! fragmentedpodcast.com

In our first episode back to talking #AndroidDev shop; we chat with my good friend and (ex)colleague @colinwhite.bsky.social who helps us make sense of Square’s bold take on Compose! https://fragmentedpodcast.com/episodes/245-treehouse-redwood-and-zipline-with-colin-white/