Pablo Baxter @pablobaxter.com · 25/07/2026static.klipy.comMichael Jackson Comendo PicocaALT: Michael Jackson Comendo Picoca 000
Reposted by Pablo BaxterColin Marsch @colinmarsch.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Paparazzi version 2.0.0-alpha05 has shipped! Highlights include: support for the new Android library multiplatform plugin and decoupling from JUnit 4 through new setup/teardown hooks! github.com/cashapp/papa...github.comRelease 2.0.0-alpha05 · cashapp/paparazziThis release supports pre-AGP 9.0 consumers. New Add support for the new Android library multiplatform plugin (#2115, #2332) Add setup/teardown hooks on Paparazzi to decouple from JUnit 4; documen... 022
Pablo Baxter @pablobaxter.com · 28/03/2026Gotta say, VA healthcare has gotten a lot better recently. Got an appointment for the next day for a small medical issue and walked out with medication. I jokingly asked for a sucker (lollipop) and got handed a gun lock instead. 🤷 000
Reposted by Pablo BaxterAurimas Liutikas @liutikas.net · 27/03/2026Hard to understate how massive of a performance gain this is. This is going to make your app faster with no work other than upgrading AGP (I know that it is not easy to do) 1184
Reposted by Pablo BaxterGergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · 27/03/2026If you use GitHub (especially if you pay for it!!) consider doing this *immediately* Settings -> Privacy -> Disallow GitHub to train their models on your code. GitHub opted *everyone* into training. No matter if you pay for the service (like I do). WTH github.com/settings/cop... 8820471488
Pablo Baxter @pablobaxter.com · 15/03/2026If you ever make it to San Diego, CA, ping me. I'll take you to some taco shops. 110
Reposted by Pablo BaxterJaewoong Eum (skydoves) @skydoves.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Let's talk AGP 9.0 by @zsmb.co. A perfectly cut 20:00 runtime. 👏 youtu.be/m0Cq6J-V_RYyoutu.beMigrating Kotlin projects to Android Gradle plugin 9.0YouTube video by Kotlin by JetBrains 1103
Pablo Baxter @pablobaxter.com · 02/03/2026Please don't boycott OSS... Follow the authors, maintainers, and contributors to them, as many of them will continue to support their projects regardless of the company they go to. Also, if you can, sponsor these individuals too! Many of them have links for sponsorship on their Github profiles. 071
Reposted by Pablo BaxterP-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 Pablo BaxterAditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Jack Dorsey renamed the company to Block because he thought blockchains would be the future, in case you were wondering what his track record of predicting long-term tech trends is 372560571
Reposted by Pablo BaxterSaket Narayan @saket.me · 27/02/2026Most of you have heard about Block's 40% layoffs by now, but the numbers are even worse. Engineering was hit harder, we've lost close to 70% of our engineers. Our leadership is plagued by false promises of "intelligence". The company you once knew as a prolific OSS contributor no longer exists. 4545
Reposted by Pablo BaxterAurimas Liutikas @liutikas.net · 25/02/2026A short post about an **internal** tracing feature inside of Gradle www.liutikas.net/2026/02/25/o... #gradle #performance #perfettoliutikas.netorg.gradle.internal.operations.traceSometimes I find it fun to look into internal tools of large projects. I want to share about an internal Gradle tracing feature that is very neat, but also c... 162
Pablo Baxter @pablobaxter.com · 27/02/2026If you are ex-Block and the company you are at is hiring, I encourage you share the career page. 100
Pablo Baxter @pablobaxter.com · 27/02/2026For all my Block friends who were let go yesterday and/or are actively looking for another opportunity, Life360 is hiring across the board. www.life360.com/open-positionslife360.comLife360 | Family Tracking App | Location Sharing & Family SafetyLife360 | Family Tracking App | Location Sharing & Family Safety 100
Reposted by Pablo BaxterP-Y @p-y.wtf · 27/02/2026😭 for all my ex colleagues at Square. You all made this place a wonderful place to work at ♥️ I'm still there... Scratching my head, wondering how we can keep things up for our customers 3513
Reposted by Pablo BaxterBridget Phillips @jingibus.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Estimates are that 70% of Block engineering was laid off today. 161
Reposted by Pablo BaxterDarshan Parajuli @dparajuli.bsky.social · 27/02/2026What a day. I truly enjoyed working with some of the most talented people and will miss that part. It was awesome while it lasted. 071
Pablo Baxter @pablobaxter.com · 27/02/2026To all my former co-workers at Block, I wish everyone all the happiness that you each can muster in this lifetime. 050
Pablo Baxter @pablobaxter.com · 27/02/2026Worst case scenario, you've just hired some damn great people for your company. Reach out to these individuals. 120
Pablo Baxter @pablobaxter.com · 27/02/2026Even if you don't touch those libraries directly, you may be using libraries, frameworks, and tools that do. This is the prime opportunity to find people who aren't just knowledgeable in many of these tools, but are maintainers and authors for them. 221
Pablo Baxter @pablobaxter.com · 27/02/2026For anyone seeing the events that occurred at Block and think "man, I feel for them"... If you work in tech, it's gonna suck for you too. These are the people who maintained open source we all use, such as Okhttp, Retrofit, Okio, Turbine, Molecule, Paparazzi, Moshi, KotlinPoet, Java Poet, etc... 1204
Reposted by Pablo BaxterRay Ryan @rjrjr.com · 27/02/2026I suspect it will be a different watershed moment: Jack has just torpedoed Square and Cash App, and when real people start losing real money as a result this will become the horror story that people point to when warning of the limits of AI driven coding. 1206
Reposted by Pablo BaxterAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 27/02/2026i dont know if its always been like this but among the elites theres just no sense of responsibility to be good stewards of the society thats given them everything 721638272
Reposted by Pablo BaxterRay Ryan @rjrjr.com · 27/02/2026To my former colleagues who have been treated so shockingly badly today and for the last few months: Square/Block was the best job I ever had, with many of the best people I ever worked with. None of you deserve to be dicked around like this. It's not you, it's Jack. 2293
Reposted by Pablo BaxterKatie Sylor-Miller @ksylor.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Hi friends I just got laid off along with 40% of Block. No idea what comes next, but if you have need for a Principal Frontend Engineer hit me up! 2013148
Reposted by Pablo BaxterBridget Phillips @jingibus.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Almost all of Cash Mobile Engineering was laid off today. None of us have any clue what their rubric was for choosing who stayed and who went, but whatever it was, I'm on the job market again! 53111
Pablo Baxter @pablobaxter.com · 20/02/2026"Don't mind me, I'm just vibe coding a whole ass feature to commit before a Friday release." 020
Pablo Baxter @pablobaxter.com · 19/02/2026I keep forgetting to use the friend link. Here it is if you all get hit with a paywall: medium.com/life360-engi... 010
Pablo Baxter @pablobaxter.com · 19/02/2026Made a blog post about Android CI times for work: medium.com/life360-engi...medium.comAndroid CI Build Performance — Faster I/O, Faster BuildsIt’s not always easy maintaining and improving Android builds, especially as projects continue to grow over time. At Life360, we were… 110
Reposted by Pablo BaxterKendra Albert @kendraserra.bsky.social · 13/02/2026So uh Ars Technica ran an article that had a bunch of fake quotes in it and now seems to have taken it down rather than issue a correction? web.archive.org/web/20260213... Page is now down: arstechnica.com/ai/2026/02/a...arstechnica.com 915044
Pablo Baxter @pablobaxter.com · 07/02/2026Boss: "I don't know how you all did it. But builds are 66.6% faster. Great work!" 110
Pablo Baxter @pablobaxter.com · 07/02/2026The dev team when we're allowed to tackle tech debt instead of feature work 100
Pablo Baxter @pablobaxter.com · 06/02/2026Thanks @mbonnin.net for making me realize I never posted the AGP 9 tracker on Bluesky. If you are having issues with a Gradle plugin working with AGP 9 and want to know if/when it will be fixed, check out: agp-status.frybits.com/agp-9.0.0/ Don't see the plugin listed? Add it! PRs are welcome!agp-status.frybits.comAGP 9.0.0 - AGP Plugin Status3rd party plugin tracker for compatibility with AGP 9.0.0 030
Reposted by Pablo BaxterMartin Bonnin @mbonnin.net · 05/02/2026AGP9 is sooo 2025! New page for your 2026 Gradle project isolation tracking from @pablobaxter.com ! agp-status.frybits.com/gradle-proje...agp-status.frybits.comGradle Project Isolation - AGP Plugin StatusProvide 3rd party status on AGP adoption 294
Pablo Baxter @pablobaxter.com · 15/12/2025My day with the crappy AI I deal with daily. AI: * Makes a sound and great decision * Me: Wow, that's a great suggestion! AI: Actually, let's not do what I just suggested for these reasons.... * Gives the most bullshit reasons * Me:media.tenor.coma bald man wearing a plaid shirt and a black vestALT: a bald man wearing a plaid shirt and a black vest 010
Pablo Baxter @pablobaxter.com · 22/10/2025Excited to see a project I worked get to release! techcrunch.com/2025/10/22/l...techcrunch.comLife360 ventures into pet tech with the launch of a new GPS tracker | TechCrunchFamily location safety app Life360 is venturing into pet tech with the launch of its new tracking device for cats and dogs. 000
Pablo Baxter @pablobaxter.com · 07/10/2025My heart tells me to go frolic in the great outdoors and do that 6 mile hike with my daughter. My back and knees:media.tenor.coma close up of a stuffed animal with its mouth open and a rainbow in its mouth .ALT: a close up of a stuffed animal with its mouth open and a rainbow in its mouth . 100
Pablo Baxter @pablobaxter.com · 26/09/2025Watching UFO and alien documentaries right now, and as much as I want to believe they are among us, this is probably their take on humanity... 000
Reposted by Pablo BaxterIan Lake @ianlake.bsky.social · 26/09/2025This week's #JetpackReleaseNotes includes Window 1.5.0, Compose Material3 1.4.0 plus bug fixes in Compose 1.9.2, Navigation 2.9.5, Room 2.8.1, Sqlite 2.6.1, Wear Compose 1.5.2, and WorkManager 2.10.5. developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...developer.android.comRecent Release Notes | Android Developers 1113
Pablo Baxter @pablobaxter.com · 25/09/2025One of the open source things I did to help with #android is make a simple website to track Gradle plugins that are broken with AGP 9.0.0-alpha. Hoping it helps with shaking out all the bugs before AGP 9 is released. agp-status.frybits.com/agp-9.0.0/agp-status.frybits.comAGP 9.0.0 - AGP Plugin StatusProvide 3rd party status on AGP adoption 000
