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Christophe B.

@bladecoder.bsky.social

203 followers 82 following 376 posts

Freelance #Android apps craftsman, cinephile, music lover, traveler. Stop prompting, start coding. Prefers posting on Mastodon: androiddev.social/@bladecoder

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Christophe B. @bladecoder.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I'm pretty sure Trump posted that crap last year. He believes Sith Lords are the good guys.

A generated image of a beefy Trump with a red lightsaber

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Christophe B. @bladecoder.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

It was nice to see @camaelon.bsky.social and John Hoford back on stage at Android Makers in Paris, this time teaming up with @schimke.ee to talk about the intriguing RemoteCompose #AndroidMakers

From left to right: Yuri Schimke, John Hoford and Nicolas Roard on the Android Makers main stage.

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Christophe B. @bladecoder.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

None of them can beat these women

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Christophe B. @bladecoder.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

The #YouTube Android app has become comically bad at everything except for showing ads. Is there any senior dev still working on it? These two buttons don't even have the same size! #enshittification #Google

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Christophe B. @bladecoder.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

I won the big prize of the day at the Kotlin Community stand at #FOSDEM: the Kodee plush I've been looking for for a while! A big thank you to the @fosdemkotlin.bsky.social organizers! (Photo by @mbonnin.net)

Me holding the Kodee plush next to the full-sized Kodee

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Christophe B. @bladecoder.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Meme avec Skinner des Simpsons qui refuse de remettre son point de vue en question

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Christophe B. @bladecoder.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Gemini is getting more and more invasive in Android Studio, to the point it now shows its blue icon right in the context menu of the code editor. Fortunately, you can easily remove the AI bullshit by disabling the Gemini plugin in the settings. #AndroidDev #LLMsAreNotTranspilers

A screenshot of the Settings menu in Android Studio. In the "Plugins" section, the Gemini plugin was disabled.
On the right side, a long descriptive text ends with what can be described as an admission that using an LLM to transpile code will ultimately make you lose time because you are required to triple-check its outputs.

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Christophe B. @bladecoder.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Update: they fixed the main issues, but the UI still has some unreachable elements.

Release notes telling that the system bars are not obscuring the app anymore.

After scrolling all the way to the bottom of a list, a text button to load more content is unreachable under a floating action button.

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Christophe B. @bladecoder.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Here's what happens when the Belgian train company forgets to test their Android app after changing the target SDK to 35: #fail #AndroidDev

A screenshot of the SNCB/NMBS Android app with both the top and bottom of the screen covered by the system UI, making it impossible to read the title and status bar at the top or to tap the main action button at the bottom.

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Christophe B. @bladecoder.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Version 1.1.0 of my library HTML Converter for Compose Multiplatform is now available! It includes optional colored text support and targets all previously missing platforms: Javascript, WASM and native Mac OS. github.com/cbeyls/HtmlC... #Kotlin #JetpackCompose #KotlinMultiplatform #PrideMonth

A screenshot of the sample app running on Compose desktop.
A sentence made of colored words is seen in the middle, matching the LGBT+ flag colors.

The HTML source code that was converted to colored compose text:

<span style="color:#E40303;">Various</span>
<span style="color:darkorange;">text</span>
<span style="color:#FFED00; background-color:#0009;">foreground</span>
<span style="color:#008026;">and</span>
<span style="color:white; background:#004CFF;">background</span>
<span style="color:#732982;">colors</span>

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Christophe B. @bladecoder.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Meme of a man holding a mug while sitting at an outdoor table with a big sign reading: "Coroutines are slow, unsafe and misleading - Change my mind"

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Christophe B. @bladecoder.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

I worked extra time this week-end so you can check the program of #BIFFF2025 from your Android phone. This year's version of "BIFFF Movie Guide" features predictive back animations, edge-to-edge display, a new font for movie titles and tweaked menus and buttons. play.google.com/store/apps/d...

A screenshot of the details of the movie "The Surfer" in the "BIFFF Movie Guide" Android app

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Christophe B. @bladecoder.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

I won't be able to attend Android Makers in Paris this year but I still landed many refactorings and optimizations in their official app. #AMxDC25 #AndroidDev

A screenshot from the Google Play Store showing that the install size of the Android app was reduced by 45%, down to 3,91 MB

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Christophe B. @bladecoder.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Except if your authoritarian government is the UK, thanks Apple

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Christophe B. @bladecoder.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I'm happy to announce that version 1.0.3 of my library HTML Converter for Compose is now also available for iOS! Thanks to the help of @myabc.bsky.social. github.com/cbeyls/HtmlC... #Kotlin #JetpackCompose #KotlinMultiplatform

A screenshot of the sample app running on an iPhone, displaying all the supported HTML formatting features

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Christophe B. @bladecoder.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Just saw a swasticar on the Belgian highway

A Tesla car with a license plate reading "THX ELON"

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Christophe B. @bladecoder.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

The irony #apple #1984

Big Brother addressing the crowd in the famous 1984 ad by Apple

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Christophe B. @bladecoder.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Just deleted 20K tweets and locked down my Twitter account. 👋

A screen capture of a script running on top of the Twitter website and showing the status "Deleting 20401 Tweets".

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