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Writing about Android, Kotlin Multiplatform, and how teams ship.

The new KPIs of AI-era engineering

Traditional engineering metrics now reveal only half the story. Discover the new KPIs that matter in the age of AI-generated code and agentic tools.

July 2026

AI The new KPIs of AI-era engineering Traditional engineering metrics now reveal only half the story. Discover the new KPIs that matter in the age of AI-generated code and agentic tools.

July 2026

Android's Agent-First Era

The word "agent" now means two different things in Android development, and they are easy to mix up. This article untangles build-time agents from runtime agents, and what each means for how we ship Android apps. Published in ProAndroidDev.

June 2026

AI Android's Agent-First Era The word "agent" now means two different things in Android development, and they are easy to mix up. This article untangles build-time agents from runtime agents, and what each means for how we ship Android apps. Published in ProAndroidDev. June 2026

Tooling

Set up a new Mac in 10 minutes

A macOS setup (tested on Tahoe) for developers who switch machines often: a portable, scripted dev environment that gets a fresh Mac ready to work in about ten minutes.

May 2026

Tooling Set up a new Mac in 10 minutes A macOS setup (tested on Tahoe) for developers who switch machines often: a portable, scripted dev environment that gets a fresh Mac ready to work in about ten minutes. May 2026

Material 3

Discovering Material 3 Expressive

At Google I/O 2025, Google unveiled Material 3 Expressive, the latest evolution of its design system. This article explores the new FAB Menu component and how to use it in your Android apps.

July 2025

Material 3 Discovering Material 3 Expressive At Google I/O 2025, Google unveiled Material 3 Expressive, the latest evolution of its design system. This article explores the new FAB Menu component and how to use it in your Android apps. July 2025

Mobile

The seven deadly sins in Mobile Team

Seven common pitfalls that mobile teams encounter and how to recognize and fix them. From over-engineering to procrastination, learn how to build healthier team practices.

April 2025

Mobile The seven deadly sins in Mobile Team Seven common pitfalls that mobile teams encounter and how to recognize and fix them. From over-engineering to procrastination, learn how to build healthier team practices.

April 2025

Tooling

Tools and Setup

Essential IDE tools and setup techniques to boost your Android development workflow and productivity in your daily coding routine.

December 2024

Tooling Tools and Setup Essential IDE tools and setup techniques to boost your Android development workflow and productivity in your daily coding routine.

December 2024

Material 3

Discovering Material 3 for Android

This series of articles is designed to help you explore the latest addition to Material 3 for Android. In this series, we will take a closer look at the different components and features of Material 3, and explore how they can be used to create modern and user-friendly Android apps.

August 2024

Material 3 Discovering Material 3 for Android This series of articles is designed to help you explore the latest addition to Material 3 for Android. In this series, we will take a closer look at the different components and features of Material 3, and explore how they can be used to create modern and user-friendly Android apps.

August 2024

Jetpack Compose

Touch and input in Jetpack Compose

Comprehensive guide to handling touch and input events in Jetpack Compose, covering focus management, interactions, and pointer input handling.

December 2023

Jetpack Compose Touch and input in Jetpack Compose Comprehensive guide to handling touch and input events in Jetpack Compose, covering focus management, interactions, and pointer input handling.

December 2023

Jetpack Compose

How to create a Joystick in Jetpack Compose using the Gesture API

A comprehensive guide to implementing an interactive joystick component in Jetpack Compose using gesture detection and mathematical calculations.

November 2023

Jetpack Compose How to create a Joystick in Jetpack Compose using the Gesture API A comprehensive guide to implementing an interactive joystick component in Jetpack Compose using gesture detection and mathematical calculations.

November 2023

Kotlin

Coroutines Fundamentals

Essential guide to understanding Kotlin coroutines, the foundation for writing asynchronous code in modern Android applications.

June 2023

Kotlin Coroutines Fundamentals Essential guide to understanding Kotlin coroutines, the foundation for writing asynchronous code in modern Android applications.

June 2023

Date

Dealing with Date objects in Android

A deep dive into the evolution of Java's date and time APIs, from java.util.Date to modern alternatives like java.time, Joda-Time, ThreeTen, and kotlinx-datetime for Android development.

June 2023

Date Dealing with Date objects in Android A deep dive into the evolution of Java's date and time APIs, from java.util.Date to modern alternatives like java.time, Joda-Time, ThreeTen, and kotlinx-datetime for Android development.

June 2023

Date

Dealing with Date objects in Android

This series of articles explores how dealing with date objects is not as straightforward as it may initially seem. The complexity arises from various factors, such as different calendars, time zones, and the irregular rotation of the Earth.

June 2023

Date Dealing with Date objects in Android This series of articles explores how dealing with date objects is not as straightforward as it may initially seem. The complexity arises from various factors, such as different calendars, time zones, and the irregular rotation of the Earth.

June 2023

Material 3

Deploy a microservice in Kotlin with Ktor

This series of articles explores the process of deploying a microservice in Kotlin using Ktor, a powerful framework for building asynchronous server-side applications. With its lightweight nature and intuitive syntax, Ktor offers an efficient solution for developing and deploying microservices. We dive into the step-by-step process of setting up a microservice, configuring Ktor for optimal performance, handling HTTP requests, and deploying the microservice to a production environment.

July 2021

Ktor Deploy a microservice in Kotlin with Ktor This series of articles explores the process of deploying a microservice in Kotlin using Ktor, a powerful framework for building asynchronous server-side applications. With its lightweight nature and intuitive syntax, Ktor offers an efficient solution for developing and deploying microservices. We dive into the step-by-step process of setting up a microservice, configuring Ktor for optimal performance, handling HTTP requests, and deploying the microservice to a production environment. July 2021

Ktor

Deploy a microservice in Kotlin with Ktor

In the first part of this series about deploying a microservice in Kotlin, we set up a Ktor project. We have seen setting up such a project is quite straightforward, this second part is about how to design robust API specifications that your server and clients can adhere to.

July 2021

Ktor Deploy a microservice in Kotlin with Ktor In the first part of this series about deploying a microservice in Kotlin, we set up a Ktor project. We have seen setting up such a project is quite straightforward, this second part is about how to design robust API specifications that your server and clients can adhere to. July 2021

Ktor

Deploy a microservice in Kotlin with Ktor

Jetbrains provides an ORM framework for Kotlin called Exposed. Since we are fully committed to Kotlin and building a Ktor microservice, we didn’t really challenge using Exposed when we started. Nonetheless, despite its verbosity, Exposed has Coroutines support and, as expected, lives up to our expectations.

July 2021

Ktor Deploy a microservice in Kotlin with Ktor Jetbrains provides an ORM framework for Kotlin called Exposed. Since we are fully committed to Kotlin and building a Ktor microservice, we didn’t really challenge using Exposed when we started. Nonetheless, despite its verbosity, Exposed has Coroutines support and, as expected, lives up to our expectations. July 2021