Software Engineer (Android) @X. Xoogler. Maintaining MVIKotlin, Decompose and Reaktive libs. Love MVI, reactive streams and testing. Opinions are my own.
London, England
Joined February 2013
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Last month, I reduced frame drops in the 𝕏 Android app by ~60% – mostly benefiting non-flagship devices. There’s still room for improvement, though. Have you noticed the difference?
The app should be smoother now, especially when you are scrolling through timelines.
I optimised some animations, and also reduced or disabled visual effects like blurring on devices with low-end GPUs. Also, more effects now honour the system Power (Battery) Save mode and the app's Reduce Motion setting, which you can enable in Settings -> Accessibility.
It's nice to see that Uncle Bob Martin is using @bot!
I composed this skill and have had pretty good luck with it. My grokbots use it when writing code.
github.com/unclebob/ub-mode
Another day, another Kotlin Coroutines trap I’ve fallen into. Been using coroutines for years, still happens. And turned out I'm not the only one: stackoverflow.com/questions/…
I know that cancellation is cooperative. But for some reason I assumed that the cooperation is somehow already implemented inside `withContext`.
Arkadii Ivanov retweeted
You found it. 🍌
The banana at the Next Gen Roadster reveal wasn't an accident. It was an analog stopwatch.
A laser triggered the drop the instant the tires started to roll. We hung it at exactly the car's 0-60 time at the time of 1 second.
Banana hits the ground. Car hits the laser wall. Same frame.
Here's how we did it 🧵
Black Tesla Roadster Rocket + FSD + Grok = K.I.T.T
When dreams come true.
Oh, and we also need the front radar lights.
Arkadii Ivanov retweeted
🗂️ Three takes on Compose Multiplatform navigation:
⚓ Voyager – screen-based navigation, small API surface.
kotl.in/xil84o
🌳 Decompose – lifecycle-aware components with routing.
kotl.in/015i59
🔌 Circuit – presenters, state, and navigation, from Slack.
kotl.in/nbegww
Compare them on Klibs.io 👇
kotl.in/z70oa9
ALT The text encourages choosing a navigation stack, comparing Voyager, Decompose, and Circuit on Klibs.io. The background features abstract, curved shapes.
Food at @nextappdevcon was crazy expensive: €14+ for a currywurst and no alternatives near the venue – 🤯
Code colouring is a big disadvantage IMO, especially in code reviews. Is the findById function async or blocking? Also, the article shows Rx snippets in Java, why not Kotlin for both?
I miss those old Rx days 🥲
Just created a separate GitHub account for Grok Bot and added it as a collaborator to Decompose repository. Let's see how it goes!
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