Reposted by John Rodriguez dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Mark's ride-or-die comms bro is tweeting through it -- because having a jury find you've endangered the mental health of millions isn't a big deal apparently if it doesn't impact your bottom line. 1223451
Reposted by John Rodriguez Márton Braun @zsmb.co · 20/03/2026No, 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. 5246
Reposted by John Rodriguez P-Y @p-y.wtf · 02/03/2026What happens to Square / Block Android OSS projects post layoffs? Let's start with some context OSS at Square is mostly a happy accident. Jack hired Bob, who's job was attracking world class engineers, and he did that through talks & OSS. 28123
Reposted by John Rodriguez Jesse Wilson @swank.ca · 21/02/2026Dear Competition Bureau Canada...publicobject.comKeep Android OpenGoogle is building a digital lock into Android. It's a very bad idea and I hate it. The excellent organizers at keepandroidopen.org encouraged me to complain to the Competition Bureau of Canada. What ... 1199
Reposted by John Rodriguez Rob P. @tyrannosaurob.bsky.social · 21/02/2026That's literally the plot of Spaceballs youtu.be/Wgmw8LVXbF0?...youtu.beSpaceballs - Perri AirYouTube video by JTK Studios 1122
Reposted by John Rodriguez Jesse Wilson @swank.ca · 16/02/2026Me automating: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!! Me being automated: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck. 1257
Reposted by John Rodriguez Márton Braun @zsmb.co · 04/12/2025I'm always surprised by how many people don't know about the Kotlin Slack community. It's a fantastic place to discuss issues with others, with dedicated channels for almost any Kotlin topic, and lots of JetBrains people monitoring them too. 2154
Reposted by John Rodriguez Romain Guy @romainguy.dev · 04/12/2025So glad this is finally out! androidx.webgpu brings the WebGPU API to Android developers. Having access to a modern GPU API in Kotlin without dealing with the OpenGL legacy nor the complexity of Vulkan is exciting! developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...developer.android.comwebgpu | Jetpack | Android Developers 2425
Reposted by John Rodriguez Romain Guy @romainguy.dev · 29/11/2025New blog post on how to render beautiful soft shadows projected by the user's finger with Jetpack Compose. www.romainguy.dev/posts/2025/f... 37323
Reposted by John Rodriguez Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 28/11/2025If they ever get around to building this thing, it should be bulldozed on Day 1 of a new administration. No messing around, no hemming and hawing about procedure or costs. Order heavy equipment in and start knocking it down immediately, as surely as an overthrown tyrant's statues would be torn down. 651570343
Reposted by John Rodriguez Saket Narayan @saket.me · 24/11/2025Jesse and Jake were my CN Tower. I only worked with them occasionally, but I always felt reassured just knowing they were around if I needed help. I'm mad our company lost both of them in the same week, and I'm afraid the entire Android OSS community will feel the ripple effect in the days to come. 4322
Reposted by John Rodriguez Aurimas Liutikas @liutikas.net · 23/11/2025Perfetto performance traces can be very intimidating. A talk by perf wizard @rahulrav.com makes it a tiny bit less scary. youtu.be/WJHNBN_19F8?... #performance #androidyoutu.beA Busy Android App Developers' Guide to Perfetto - Rahul Ravikumar | droidcon London 2025YouTube video by droidcon & fluttercon 0153
Reposted by John Rodriguez Jesse Wilson @swank.ca · 21/11/2025they broke out the novelty scissors for these two 7402
Reposted by John Rodriguez Jesse Wilson @swank.ca · 20/11/2025I talked to Jack from @tuple.app about my love of pair programming, and other thingstuple.appThe joy of doing it right: lessons from 50 billion downloadsIn this episode of Distributed, host Jack Hannah talks with Jesse Wilson, a longtime open-source contributor and Cash App engineer, whose work underpins much of the Java and Android ecosystem. 0175
Reposted by John Rodriguez Romain Guy @romainguy.dev · 19/11/2025That's pretty cool, maps.google.com seems to be using Filament now. I found its symbols in the WASM file used by the site. 1376
Reposted by John Rodriguez Egor Andreevich @egorand.dev · 18/11/2025Cash Android has recently switched to Metro, a new, fast dependency injection framework built for K2. That was a fun project and we're really happy with the results! Sharing details on how we approached the migration to help teams adopt Metro: code.cash.app/cash-android...code.cash.appCash Android Moves to MetroThe Cash Android team have completed the migration to Metro. 03016
John Rodriguez @jrodbx.bsky.social · 02/11/2025So upset for Vlad, he willed that double down the left field line and got left on base 90 feet away 😭 Pinch hit for Kirk? Yamamoto should be the MVP. Impressive. He's like the Japanese Pedro. 120
Reposted by John Rodriguez P-Y @p-y.wtf · 20/10/2025I just discovered the WindowInspector.addGlobalWindowViewsListener() API in Android version 36.1 #AndroidDev Commit: cs.android.com/android/_/an... Happy to see a request for a new API land! (I officially asked in 2023 & unofficially for many years before issuetracker.google.com/issues/29031...)cs.android.comSearch and explore code 0121
Reposted by John Rodriguez Jesse Wilson @swank.ca · 03/10/2025The latest Oxide & Friends covered the benefits of code that splits making vs. executing plans. I love that pattern so much! Last year I wrote about how I use it. publicobject.com/2024/03/10/d...publicobject.comDecisions, Deciders, and ExecutorsMost of the software I write exists to automate a process. It might automate a high-level workflow like peer-to-peer money transfers, or a low-level implementation detail like encoding an HTTP request... 1142
Reposted by John Rodriguez Jesse Wilson @swank.ca · 30/07/2025Okio 3.16 is faster if you have hundreds of threads 🚂square.github.ioChange Log - OkioA modern I/O library for Android, Kotlin, and Java. 091
Reposted by John Rodriguez P-Y @p-y.wtf · 30/07/2025Today I was facing a gnarly somewhat mechanical migration and figured maybe I should try this AI thing. First stab seemed ok, but many unrelated changes. So I said: revert, try again with no unrelated change. Here's what the LLM responded: "I micts\adelphia αsask齿ormaliy ibrahim郭 kepαt debug" 👍 3161
Reposted by John Rodriguez P-Y @p-y.wtf · 25/07/2025We conflate 2 different things when we talk about "velocity" - External velocity: how fast we ship features - Internal velocity: how fast we make code changes They're connected but different. #AndroidDev 1226
Reposted by John Rodriguez Márton Braun @zsmb.co · 14/07/2025People have been asking for the Git client from IntelliJ to be available as a standalone app for almost a decade. You can now get it in early access - see the link below for details! lp.jetbrains.com/clo...lp.jetbrains.comGit Client from JetBrains - Closed PreviewNew Git Client by JetBrains - join the Closed Preview Program. 03512
Reposted by John Rodriguez Colin Marsch @colinmarsch.bsky.social · 14/07/2025I wrote a blog post re-introducing Paparazzi's accessibility snapshots, highlighting the many recent updates they have gone through! code.cash.app/paparazzi-ac...code.cash.appRe-introducing Paparazzi’s Accessibility SnapshotsOverview 093
Reposted by John Rodriguez tef @tef.bsky.social · 10/07/2025PROGRAMMER: I've saved so much time! NARRATOR: They did not save any time whatsoever. In fact, they spent as much time as they claimed to have saved. Again. bsky.app/profile/metr... 824176
Reposted by John Rodriguez Jesse Wilson @swank.ca · 03/07/2025OkHttp 5.0 has a stable API. 🗿square.github.ioChange Log - OkHttpSquare’s meticulous HTTP client for the JVM, Android, and GraalVM 26313
Reposted by John Rodriguez ceej @ceej.online · 17/06/2025I am surrounded by people who are outsourcing their own thinking to ChatGPT and they are quickly and obviously becoming dependent on it for even the most banal tasks. Once again, the "figuring it out" is the important part. Yes, you can use a crane to lift weights but you will not get stronger 12971831438
Reposted by John Rodriguez Jorge Castillo @jorgecastillo.dev · 11/06/2025Knowing how Compose injects the Composer, wraps groups, and tracks remember scopes gives you full control over recomposition. It is the difference between hoping your code is efficient and knowing it is. That is the value of understanding internals. 142
Reposted by John Rodriguez Ray Ryan @rjrjr.com · 12/06/2025And this will also be the best talk of #droidconNYC2025: nyc.droidcon.com/speakers/tom.... github.com/block/stoic is pure witchcraft #dcnyc25 #droidconnyc.droidcon.comTom Mulcahy | droidcon nyc 2025 034
Reposted by John Rodriguez Romain Guy @romainguy.dev · 13/05/2025New blog post! In this post I explain some of the techniques used to eliminate unnecessary array bounds checks when writing Kotlin code. www.romainguy.dev/posts/2025/e...romainguy.devEliminating Array Bounds ChecksThe Android Runtime (ART) offers a nice memory safety feature when accessing the content of an array. The indices you use are automatically checked against the bounds of the array to prevent unsafe me... 1235
Reposted by John Rodriguez Jesse Wilson @swank.ca · 01/05/2025‘This is not a talk about that reasonable coroutines use.’ I’m speaking at Droidcon NYC in June nyc.droidcon.com/jesse-wilson/ 4303
Reposted by John Rodriguez Brian Norman @bnorm.dev · 02/05/2025*I'm* speaking at Droidcon NYC? About *Compose*? Who approved this?! nyc.droidcon.com/brian-norman/ 2183
Reposted by John Rodriguez Matt McKenna @mmckenna.me · 02/05/2025My talk was accepted! Hopefully I'll see some of you at @droidcon.bsky.social NYC in June 💚 nyc.droidcon.com/matt-mckenna/ #dcnyc25 2205
Reposted by John Rodriguez TJ @tunji.dev · 02/05/2025I'm speaking at DroidconNYC 2025! Talking about Compose multiplatform, adaptive apps for multiple screen sized, media, oh and how they fit into an open source bluesky client! nyc.droidcon.com/tunji-dahunsi/nyc.droidcon.comTunji Dahunsi - New York CityTunji Dahunsi 1294
Reposted by John Rodriguez Aurimas Liutikas @liutikas.net · 28/04/2025I found myself doing a lot of nodding when reading this post pluralistic.net/2025/04/27/s... It feels so true that as a tech worker it has become harder and harder to prevent enshittification.pluralistic.netPluralistic: The enshittification of tech jobs (27 Apr 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 041
Reposted by John Rodriguez P-Y @p-y.wtf · 29/04/2025It's cool that the leak is fixed, but our codebase is not ready yet for Compose 1.8... (👋 @zachklipp.com). This was detected in UI tests, and we'd rather not disable leak detection in tests, so we hacked a fix that resets a the Lazy holder for SharedTransitionObserver. Rate this hack 😘 291
Reposted by John Rodriguez Ray Ryan @rjrjr.com · 30/04/2025Yay, Block (née Square) has a new engineering Blog! engineering.block.xyz/blog/engineering.block.xyzBlock Engineering BlogBlock Engineering Blog 042
Reposted by John Rodriguez Jesse Wilson @swank.ca · 26/01/2025publicobject.comUIViewPropertyAnimator is Too CuteI was using the old UIView APIs when I found some code that broke my brain. Here’s Swift code to animates a UIButton from opaque to transparent over one second. let button = ... let animateOut = UIVie... 0111
Reposted by John Rodriguez The Onion @theonion.com · 26/01/2025New Square Feature Allows Customers To Tip With Bible Quote theonion.com/new-squ... 874552410
Reposted by John Rodriguez P-Y @p-y.wtf · 13/01/2025I really wish we'd heard more from tech companies that have embraced remote, no RTO, aren't throwing away DEI initiatives, etc. They're going to steal top talent from the shit show that Google & Facebook have become. I know Square / Block is one of those good tech companies. What else? 5354
Reposted by John Rodriguez Dinorah Tovar @ddinorahtovar.bsky.social · 30/12/2024Never a debate in my head, fakes for the win 062
Reposted by John Rodriguez P-Y @p-y.wtf · 21/12/2024What about actions that trigger a network call, show a loader and then later shows a result? Stop using idling resources, they're dumb. They make your tests rely on implicit behavior which is a recipe for flakiness. BAD: clickButton() Thread.sleep(2000) // waiting for network assertResultUI() 132
Reposted by John Rodriguez Romain Guy @romainguy.dev · 16/12/2024New blog post! Last time we saw that the compiler can mess with your benchmarks. Well, so can the CPU! www.romainguy.dev/posts/2024/t...romainguy.devThe Path Not TakenIn the last post, we saw that benchmarks don’t always measure what we think they measure. Let’s look at another instance of this problem today, starting with this rather simple benchmark: 1@RunWith(An... 1389
Reposted by John Rodriguez P-Y @p-y.wtf · 15/12/2024Do your teams work in public channels (which, as I understand it, is how folks at Slack itself work) or are your teams hiding their decision & investigation process in private channels, Apple style culture? I shared this with our mobile org recently (400+ people). #AndroidDev 6504
Reposted by John Rodriguez Romain Guy @romainguy.dev · 13/12/2024Benchmarking can be tricky! In this blog post, I show an example of how easy it is to get the wrong results and how to fix it: www.romainguy.dev/posts/2024/y...romainguy.devYou Are Going to Need ItOptimizing code can be a difficult task because there are so many traps you need to avoid at every step of the way. Today I want to focus on one of the (numerous) benchmarking traps, which you may hav... 27126
