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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Was pleasantly surprised to see a mention of @jetpackcomposeapp.bsky.social's newsletter on the official Android blog celebrating 5 years of Jetpack Compose. Thank you @androiddevs.bsky.social for the shoutout. android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/07/five... #AndroidDev

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Wrote about something I like to call the "40/30/30 rule" for AI dev tools. I divide the choice of tools into 3 buckets think it's completely normal to use all the 3 types... in the same day!! More here - www.jetpackcompose.app/newsletter/d... #AndroidDev #AI

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

A small snippet from the latest newsletter issue where I made a special announcement Read the full issue here - www.jetpackcompose.app/newsletter/d... #AndroidDev

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JetpackCompose.app @jetpackcomposeapp.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

We are excited to announce our very first meetup 🥳 📍 Bengaluru (exact location TBD) 🗓️ Jan 4th, 2026 ⏰ 5–7 PM We are bringing together some of the smartest Android engineers in the city for a relaxed evening to hang out, grab a drink, and have fun conversations. luma.com/vslr0fgc #AndroidDev

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

After six incredible years, I’ve closed the curtains on my chapter at Airbnb. I’ve had the privilege of working on things I’m deeply passionate about, earning immense trust, and collaborating with some of the most talented people I’ve met. That combination is rare — and I never took it for granted.

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

The next issue of Dispatch goes out tomorrow! There's a bunch of interesting content, but the one that you don't want to miss is a behind-the-scenes look at the team behind Firebender that many use on the daily!! If you'd like it in your inbox 👉🏻 www.jetpackcompose.app/newsletter #AndroidDev

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Want to give a quick shoutout out all the supporters of @jetpackcomposeapp.bsky.social over the years. Open-source and free-only projects can often be thankless but your kindness has given me the extra boost to keep it going 🙏🏻 www.jetpackcompose.app/supporters #AndroidDev

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Thank you for the shout-out 🙏🏻

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JetpackCompose.app @jetpackcomposeapp.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

🔍 Debugging animation jank in Compose? 90% of devs miss THIS ADB trick (and it changes everything for your performance workflow) 👇 Use this command: `adb shell screenrecord --bugreport` It records your app WITH frame-timing overlays. It’s like a slow-mo referee for your UI. 🕵️‍♂️ #AndroidDev

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JetpackCompose.app @jetpackcomposeapp.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

In a recent issue of our newsletter, Evelin Herrera covered the hidden world of how Android apps get sold. She covered things that get rarely spoken about, including the exact apps buyers are looking for! www.jetpackcompose.app/newsletter/d... #AndroidDev

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

The latest issue of Dispatch goes out tomorrow. This one is going to be extra special because it features Evelin Herrera, who's going to cover the hidden world of how apps get sold. We'll cover things that get rarely spoken about, including the exact apps buyers are looking for! #AndroidDev

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

The latest issue of Dispatch goes out in an hour! It's a special issue because it features someone that has spent the last ~10 years working on screenshot testing infra and is the founder of @screenshotbot.bsky.social Subscribe if you'd like to read - www.jetpackcompose.app/newsletter #AndroidDev

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

The latest issue of Dispatch is going to be the Google I/O special. I give a behind-the-scenes look and cover all the updates that are interesting and relevant to you as an #AndroidDev. It goes out tomorrow morning PST. Subscribe if you'd like to read it - www.jetpackcompose.app/newsletter

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

I've been around the Google ecosystem for ~15 years. I've also had the fortunate of attending Google I/O a few times over the years. Trust me when I say this..... Yesterday's #GoogleIO event was different. #AI #AndroidDev

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Updated the landing page of JetpackCompose.app to be on brand with the style of the season 😎 #AndroidDev

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

The latest issue of Dispatch is going to be a banger 💥 Goes out tomorrow morning 🫡 If you'd like it in the comforts of your inbox, subscribe here - www.jetpackcompose.app/newsletter #AndroidDev

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

🎂 Dispatch just turned ONE! It's gone from a “let’s-see-if-anyone-reads-this” side project to something that some of the best Android engineers turn to for their reliable Android fix. Keeping up with Android can been hard so people appreciate entertaining high quality content. #AndroidDev

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Latest issue of Dispatch goes out in about 30 mins. We are going to have some very transparent conversations! Subscribe here if you aren't already a subscriber - www.jetpackcompose.app/newsletter #AndroidDev

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Coming back to a 100% Jetpack Compose codebase after spending a week with an app that's still using Fragments #AndroidDev

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Sebas @sebaslogen.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

The latest issue #14 of www.jetpackcompose.app/newsletter is pure gold 🪙 I finally discovered how to access ⚠️ internal Kotlin code 😈 and fix text animations As a library author this will be immensely useful to me! Thank you @vinaygaba.bsky.social and the content creators promoted in the newsletter 🙏

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

The latest issue of Dispatch goes out in about ~45 mins. Subscribe here if you'd like to read this post - www.jetpackcompose.app/newsletter #AndroidDev

JetpackCompose.app's Dispatch Issue #14 - In today's issue, we talk about cheating during interviews, fully transparent salaries, Google's big "agentic" bet, committing a Kotlin crime and jittery text animations

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Watching LLMs rewrite my classes for absolutely no reason 😑 #AndroidDev

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Gotta take all the small wins you can possibly get to continue feeling motivated 😅 If you are a reader of the newsletter, consider showing some love 🙏🏻 www.reddit.com/r/androiddev... #AndroidDev

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

🚀 @shadcn.com but for Android?? That's possible now! Building a consistent and reusable component library in Jetpack Compose can be time-consuming. Enter Lumo UI—a powerful Gradle plugin that simplifies the process. #AndroidDev

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Just shipped a redesigned version of the landing page for Dispatch, the Android/Compose newsletter that I write. I wanted to make a few things more obvious and build a bit more credibility which wasn't clear in the previous iteration of this landing page. #AndroidDev

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

1/n I've always believed that the ability to build things was an engineer’s greatest competitive advantage and the reason why they often topped the professional food chain. This won’t hold true much longer. Building will soon become completely commoditized.

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

The latest edition of Dispatch goes out tomorrow morning PST. As always, the goal is to make sure you learn about one new thing and I believe I've kept that promise 12 times so far. Don't intend to change that tomorrow. Subscribe to read -https://www.jetpackcompose.app/newsletter #AndroidDev

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Last month, I published a newsletter article asking this group a very important question about the future of Android. Turns out, it really resonated with the Android community and we are bringing it as one of the Keynote sessions at Droidcon NYC this year 🥳 See you in NYC in June! #AndroidDev

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

One thing that not enough people are talking about in the context of "vibe coding" is the importance of testing and establishing a test suite for your codebase. This is going to be important even for indie/solo makers who've never "wasted" any time focusing on testing.

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

If you use an Android device, I need you to read this.... #AndroidDev

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Want to give your LLM full context from a GitHub repo without copying hundreds of files? Swap 'github' with 'gitingest' in the URL and you’ll get the entire repo as a single text! Perfect for open-source projects you can safely share. #AndroidDev

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Issue #12 of Dispatch goes out tomorrow morning. See you in your inbox 🫡 If you are new here, learn more about the newsletter and consider subscribing - www.jetpackcompose.app/newsletter #AndroidDev #JetpackCompose

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Was watching a YC video and based on the conversations I heard there, it's surprising to me how many decisions are made based on what is true today. It's already clear that things in AI are changing weekly. Don't lock yourself to any IDE, Model, Framework, Tool, etc just yet.

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

As part of a recent redesign of my site, I wanted to aggregate the public speaking I've done over the past decade. I've often questioned why I'm investing so much time into something I'm not paid to do. But like all good investments, these things compound over time 🚀 www.vinaygaba.me/talks/

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I published some raw notes of one of the questions that @kau.sh asked me during the latest episode of @fragmentedpodcast.com These are some of my opinions that weren't covered by others in the interviews I published on my newsletter about the future of Android Development. #AndroidDev #AI

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

I had the honor of chatting with @kau.sh and sharing some predictions, hot takes, mental models and how I'm thinking about where to spend my time amid all the chaos. We anchor the conversation on the recent interview that I published in my newsletter with 10 other Android experts. #AndroidDev

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

There's nothing more addicting than watching a stream of people across planet Earth consume something you created. Doesn't matter if it makes even a dollar. Doesn't matter if it's an app, website, product, article or design It's why I build....

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

I recently wrote about something I call "Toddler Mindset"—a way of approaching decisions by asking what’s possible instead of what’s allowed. It’s a mental shift I'm forcing myself to learn after watching my daughter have zero regard for rules 😅 www.vinaygaba.me/writing/the-...

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

@kau.sh is a Principal Engineer at Instacart and co-founder of the beloved Fragmented Podcast. His views are shaped by talking to hundreds of Android Devs over the years. So when he talks, we listen.... Here's his take on the future.. jetpackcomposeapp.beehiiv.com/p/dispatch-i... #AndroidDev

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

I wrote some thoughts over the weekend about something I like to call "Pocket Revolutions" - a wonderful side effect of the internet that isn't discussed enough. You'll find the entire article here - www.vinaygaba.me/writing/pock...

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

@tysmith.me had some fantastic predictions. He has a front seat view at how engineering is changing in real time, given his influential role at Uber. You'll find his thoughts here - jetpackcomposeapp.beehiiv.com/p/dispatch-i... Not available in the main site yet so use this link in the meantime

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Dispatch Issue #11 - "Future of Android" Special

💌 In today's issue, we talk to some Android experts and hear from them about their hot-takes, predictions, wishes and advice about how they expect the Android ecosystem to change and how to best prepa...

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

I reached out to a few Android experts and asked them all an important question - "Where do you see Android Development in three years?" Here's a small snippet of what Gabriel had to say about how the Android dev ecosystem evolves. 👉🏻 jetpackcomposeapp.beehiiv.com/p/dispatch-i... #AndroidDev

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

@kau.sh made a prediction about mobile on-device AI in the recent edition of Dispatch. A couple days later, there's a video doing the rounds that validates some of what he was suggesting. Check out his mini-post for more context - #AndroidDev

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Ryan Harter @ryan.harter.us · 09/02/2025

I got to take part in @vinaygaba.bsky.social's newsletter this week, which was fun. There are a lot of interesting answers to the question "Where do you see Android development in 3 years?" jetpackcomposeapp.beehiiv.com/p/dispatch-i...

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Alright, this is set to hit your inbox at 9am PST tomorrow! #AndroidDev

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Vinay Gaba @vinaygaba.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

The latest issue of Dispatch is going to be special... I reached out to a few Android experts and asked them all an important question. They shared fun hot-takes, insights, wishes and predictions. I'll be sending the email this week. Subscribe now - www.jetpackcompose.app/newsletter #AndroidDev

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