Reposted by Ale~Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 17/09/2025In London, hate will never win. 23576532174
Reposted by Ale~Danny Preussler 🇺🇦 @preussler.berlin · 25/09/2025What a night! Thanks @manuelvicnt.bsky.social @vertigo1004.bsky.social @nicole-terc.bsky.social @pierreyvainarnaud.bsky.social Alejandra, Atul and Don 🥰 #dcbln25 2181
Reposted by Ale~Saket Narayan @saket.me · 01/03/2025How I imagine foldable phones will look in 2035 0162
Reposted by Ale~Matt McKenna @mmckenna.me · 01/03/2025A discussion about the differences of @github.com merge options came up at work this week. I couldn't find a quick explainer I liked so I wrote down what I shared. I hope it's helpful! blog.mmckenna.me/github-merge...blog.mmckenna.meGitHub Merge Strategies: A Visual ExplanationUnderstanding Merge Commit, Squash Merge, and Rebase Merge 283
Reposted by Ale~margauxaf @margauxaf.bsky.social · 01/03/2025I live in the US and I don't blame anyone who doesn't want to come here right now. My solace is this: "Remember that all through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seem invincible. But in the end, they always fall. Always.” ― Mahatma Gandhi 1435033
Reposted by Ale~Simona Milanovic @anomiss.bsky.social · 30/01/2025A 🧵 announcement: With the Jetpack Compose 1.8. beta01 release, you may notice that a significant number of APIs that were previously experimental, have been graduated to stable. 15119
Reposted by Ale~Gergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · 30/01/2025Refreshing to see more startups building AI coding tools NOT have ye mission of replacing software engineers with an “AI engineer” (looking at eg Devin, Magic .dev, and recent Meta). But build tools that make engineers more efficient! Sourcegraph a great example of the latter: 1014011
Reposted by Ale~Alice the Astute @alicethelast.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Every disaster movie starts with scientists being ignored. Good thing we’re not doing that. 291247353410
Reposted by Ale~Maru Ahues Bouza @maruahues.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Very excited to announce that with Android 16 we're changing how we handle app orientation and resizing. Make sure to download the release and test your apps across screen orientations and aspect ratios. #AndroidDev #Android goo.gle/4a8vRqUgoo.gleThe future is adaptive: Changes to orientation and resizability APIs in Android 16Build adaptive apps that support various screen sizes and orientations, promoting consistent user experiences across different Android devices. 0408
Reposted by Ale~Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 19/01/2025Welcome, TikTok users! Bluesky is just like TikTok, except instead of videos we post words and instead of fun we have "discourse" 1075283460
Reposted by Ale~Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Nothing like a paper towel that doesn’t tear evenly along its perforations to remind you how thin the thread you’re hanging by has become 572154148
Reposted by Ale~Onur Ozer @onurozer.me · 18/01/2025The "remember me" checkbox is the pedestrian crossing button of the internet. We all know it won't work, but we push it anyway. 081
Reposted by Ale~Zac Sweers @zacsweers.dev · 17/01/2025“Sleep on it” remains undefeated in debugging 718417
Reposted by Ale~Márton Braun @zsmb.co · 17/01/2025Always great to hear feedback from iOS folks using KMP and Compose Multiplatform! 0121
Reposted by Ale~java as in javascript @ctierengineer.com · 16/01/2025typescript is a lawless wasteland cosplaying as a statically typed language 1155
Reposted by Ale~Jake Bailey @jakebailey.dev · 15/01/2025would really appreciate a return to precedented times, thanks 1364
Reposted by Ale~Cal Irvine @calirvine.com · 15/01/2025Finished 80% of a feature yesterday, which means I only have 80% left to do today 3172
Reposted by Ale~Annyce Davis @brwngrldev.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Not one to brag, BUT, I have successfully used WindowSizeClasses to make my sample app adaptive. 💪 Feast your eyes on these screenshots! #androiddev 1151
Reposted by Ale~Amir Shevat 🦋 @amir.blue · 11/01/2025A programmer had a problem. He thought to himself, "I know, I'll solve it with threads!". has Now problems. two he 1649949
Reposted by Ale~Jolanda Verhoef @lojanda.bsky.social · 08/01/2025🚀 Did you know there's a new Compose artifact for working with CameraX? Let me tell you all about it in a new blog post series "Unlocking the Power of CameraX in Jetpack Compose". In part 1, I explain how to use the new artifact and show a camera preview in your app. goo.gle/3ZOk9Njgoo.gleGetting Started with CameraX in Jetpack ComposePart 1 — A guide to building a basic camera preview, covering setup, permissions, ViewModel creation, and UI implementation. 1216
Reposted by Ale~Sarah Drasner @sarahedo.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Live footage of me attempting to go back to work tomorrowmedia.tenor.coma husky dog is laying on a bed with its tongue outAlt: a husky dog is laying on a bed with its tongue out staring into the abyss of emails and incident reports 71998
Reposted by Ale~Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 01/01/2025For Maths fans, 2025 is a square. 45² = 45 x 45 = 2025 Also, 9² x 5² = 2025 40² + 20² + 5² = 2025 My favourite? 1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025 #Mathematics #teaching #education 916248284694
Reposted by Ale~Adam McNeilly @adammc.bsky.social · 26/12/2024Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume? #AndroidDev: 16.dp 3415
Ale~ @astamato.bsky.social · 16/12/2024For a platform that prides itself on seeking truth, it’s ironic to see X roll out Grok, an AI image generator, as a feature free for all, when most of its user base (toxic or otherwise) already struggle—or outright refuse—to distinguish real from fake. 0110
Reposted by Ale~P-Y @p-y.wtf · 12/12/2024Today I root caused a leak in the Coroutine library! github.com/Kotlin/kotli... That one was a wild ride! I spent a few hours on this, really motivated because the team at Google is enabling LeakCanary in Compose tests & running into this leak #AndroidDevgithub.comUndispatchedCoroutine leaks CoroutineContext via thread local when using custom ContinuationInterceptor · Issue #4296 · Kotlin/kotlinx.coroutinesBug description To fix #2930 (thread locals using ThreadContextElement not cleaned up), #3252 introduce a little hack (source) in UndispatchedCoroutine which immediately saves the previous thread c... 3563
Reposted by Ale~✠ 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 - 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇬🇱 🖇️ 𝟾𝟼𝟺𝟽 @unauthorizedbeast.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Embroidery helps, though 250288164357
Reposted by Ale~Code with the Italians @codewiththeitalians.it · 10/12/2024💻 If you like your Compose with a side of sizzle, you’ll love our latest VOD with Márton Braun talking Firework. It’s hotter than your laptop on a sunny day! 🌞 buff.ly/41ncGau #CodingHeatbuff.lyHot Reload Magic with Márton Braun—Discover Firework in Action! 🎆Join us for an explosive episode as we sit down with Márton Braun, Developer Advocate at JetBrains, to explore Firework. This groundbreaking tool brings hot ... 0134
Reposted by Ale~Vsevolod Tolstopyatov @qwwdfsad.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Kotlin libraries team is hiring: www.jetbrains.com/careers/jobs... If you are eager to write something you are going to regret (if you are lucky, also be proud of) in 10 years, want to tinker with Kotlin and not afraid of dragons (also: performance, concurrency), drop me a line!jetbrains.comKotlin Libraries Senior Software Developer (Kotlin) - Kotlin Libraries - Careers 14116
Ale~ @astamato.bsky.social · 06/12/2024I'm secretly happy Agile failed everywhere. And I guess, not so secretly anymore :D 390
Reposted by Ale~Microsoft @microsoft.com · 04/04/1975We've always been a fan of blueskies. 674117752078
Reposted by Ale~onion person @junlper.beer · 05/12/2024bots are becoming a bigger thing on this platform now. not as bad as twitter, but it’s a shame that no matter what, we’re forced into experiencing the internet technological rot that infests online spaces now 945250492454
Reposted by Ale~Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Two stages of writing: 1) This shouldn't take too long 2) Oh no 561370947005
Reposted by Ale~GitHub @github.com · 04/12/2024Sorry it took so long for us to post again here, our code was compiling 66126492
Reposted by Ale~Maria Neumayer @marianeum.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Today's my last day at @skyscannerofficial.bsky.social, but more importantly it's the last day of React Native at Skyscanner 🥳 I'm now looking forward to a month off before starting a new challenge in the new year 17681
Reposted by Ale~David Kean @keansbox.com · 02/12/2024As part of planning what to work on next in the performance space for Visual Studio, we've been thinking a lot about "perceived" performance. Perceived performance is the time users "think" an operation takes, rather than the actual time it takes. 🧵 67721
Reposted by Ale~Jorge Castillo @jorgecastillo.dev · 01/12/2024This post by @zachklipp.com on how to centre things in Compose is a master lesson on the compose layout system. Really recommended 💯 blog.zachklipp.com/centering-in...blog.zachklipp.comCentering in ComposeLet’s talk about centering things. There is no Modifier.center() in Compose, nor is there a Center composable, and I think the reason for that is because once you understand Compose's layout system yo... 14613
Reposted by Ale~Jesse Wilson @swank.ca · 29/11/2024publicobject.comValue Objects, Service Objects, and GlueThis post expands on a section in my Writing Code That Lasts Forever talk. When I was learning object oriented programming I struggled to define boundaries between classes. Should a Chess game’s Bish... 1417
Reposted by Ale~Sarah Drasner @sarahedo.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Happy working on side projects day for all who celebrate! 🥳🤩 1234725
Reposted by Ale~Mr. Spock 🖖 @spockresists.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Eating too much cake is the sin of gluttony. However, eating too much pie is okay because the sin of pi is always zero. 🖖 1257482767618
Reposted by Ale~Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 27/11/2024Anyway here’s a cheerful piece about how the Sun will eventually destroy all life on Earth (but not by exploding, so, you know, there’s that)sciencefocus.comHere’s how the Sun will end all life on EarthOur home star won't go supernova, but the end of its life will be no less spectacular. 1241249802176
Reposted by Ale~Saket Narayan @saket.me · 27/11/2024I wrote a blog post that's really just an excuse to trick you into watching @worrydream.com's Inventing on Principle talksaket.meThe pursuit of fast feedback loops in Android developmentThere's something magical about having a direct connection to what we're building 85917
Reposted by Ale~Romain Guy @romainguy.dev · 27/11/2024I 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. 1114033
Reposted by Ale~Rebecca Franks @riggaroo.dev · 27/11/2024Ever wanted to make a stacked list of avatars or a fading edge effect in #JetpackCompose? 🤔 Check out the latest #ComposeTips to learn all about how a few tricks with BlendModes can help you get the UI you are looking for 👀 youtu.be/rdS4A2YFBHA?...youtu.beClipping and masking | Jetpack Compose TipsYouTube video by Android Developers 1479
Reposted by Ale~Jose Alcérreca @josealcerreca.bsky.social · 26/11/2024The video of our talk "Scalable Testing Strategies" is out! www.droidcon.com/2024/11/22/s... A summary: 3488
Reposted by Ale~dan @danabra.mov · 26/11/2024i’m learning that the key with android is to change the workflow from working on an entire feature (“make it work”, “make it right”, “make it fast”) to working on a small subset of the implementation. make a tiny necessary slice of it work/right/fast, *then* do this for the next slice, etc. 192707