Corneliu Dascălu
@corneliudascalu.dev
Mobile Software Engineer focused on Android and Flutter
❤️ Kotlin is the best
🫳 Flutter is amazing, Dart not so much
❤️ Kotlin is the best
🫳 Flutter is amazing, Dart not so much
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Techies are never easy to get gifts for. Our attempt to help with @hejelin.com:
45+ gift ideas and inspiration for the tech workers in your life (and maybe yourself) this holiday season:
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Holiday gift ideas for techies
Gift ideas and inspiration for the tech workers in your life (and maybe yourself) this holiday season
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November 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Techies are never easy to get gifts for. Our attempt to help with @hejelin.com:
Days like these make you remember it's all a series of tubes.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Days like these make you remember it's all a series of tubes.
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Photo I just took of Mars setting behind the Moon
January 14, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Photo I just took of Mars setting behind the Moon
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8× increase in speed and 5× reduction in memory usage with Dan Rusu's Immutable Arrays in Kotlin 🤯
Tune into our grand finale #AndroidDev #podcast episode for 2024.
https://fragmented-android-developer-podcast-479ffc54.simplecast.com/episodes/254
Tune into our grand finale #AndroidDev #podcast episode for 2024.
https://fragmented-android-developer-podcast-479ffc54.simplecast.com/episodes/254
fragmentedpodcast.com
December 24, 2024 at 10:00 AM
8× increase in speed and 5× reduction in memory usage with Dan Rusu's Immutable Arrays in Kotlin 🤯
Tune into our grand finale #AndroidDev #podcast episode for 2024.
https://fragmented-android-developer-podcast-479ffc54.simplecast.com/episodes/254
Tune into our grand finale #AndroidDev #podcast episode for 2024.
https://fragmented-android-developer-podcast-479ffc54.simplecast.com/episodes/254
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After sitting on this, my take on the best setup: remote work, with 2x year onsites. Get everyone in a room together to discuss long term goals and build relationships, things that are difficult to do digitally. Then let people go wherever they work best and let them get it done.
In SF for a work onsite this week. I love working from home, but there is definitely a renewed sense of energy whenever I do get into an office to collaborate with people.
December 10, 2024 at 4:34 PM
After sitting on this, my take on the best setup: remote work, with 2x year onsites. Get everyone in a room together to discuss long term goals and build relationships, things that are difficult to do digitally. Then let people go wherever they work best and let them get it done.
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We've always been a fan of blueskies.
December 6, 2024 at 1:44 AM
We've always been a fan of blueskies.
This. So much this.
I love Kotlin but please don't abuse its features. I regularly see code like in the first function when you can instead write a simple if statement: it's shorter, easier to read, and doesn't allocate an object!
Thankfully both functions compile to the same assembly when R8 is turned on.
Thankfully both functions compile to the same assembly when R8 is turned on.
November 27, 2024 at 8:26 PM
This. So much this.
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November 14, 2024 at 8:13 AM
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It's ironic how little true observability is available to most mobile devs when apps they build so badly need it.
Fickle users? Unpredictable hardware and system resource availability? Chaotic runtime environment?
Good luck knowing what's really going on in prod without context-enriched telemetry!
Fickle users? Unpredictable hardware and system resource availability? Chaotic runtime environment?
Good luck knowing what's really going on in prod without context-enriched telemetry!
November 11, 2024 at 5:46 PM
It's ironic how little true observability is available to most mobile devs when apps they build so badly need it.
Fickle users? Unpredictable hardware and system resource availability? Chaotic runtime environment?
Good luck knowing what's really going on in prod without context-enriched telemetry!
Fickle users? Unpredictable hardware and system resource availability? Chaotic runtime environment?
Good luck knowing what's really going on in prod without context-enriched telemetry!
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Paparazzi 1.3.5 migrates to Jellyfish's layoutlib🪼 and has numerous Accessibility bug fixes 🐞, better Gradle caching, and improved cross-platform rendering support 📸!
github.com/cashapp/papa...
github.com/cashapp/papa...
Release 1.3.5 · cashapp/paparazzi
New
Render pending recompositions for @Composables that require a second layout pass
Support for overlays in accessibility snapshots
Support for Compose UI heading and selected states in accessibi...
github.com
November 7, 2024 at 9:36 AM
Paparazzi 1.3.5 migrates to Jellyfish's layoutlib🪼 and has numerous Accessibility bug fixes 🐞, better Gradle caching, and improved cross-platform rendering support 📸!
github.com/cashapp/papa...
github.com/cashapp/papa...
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the experience of making bluesky has been like planning this elaborate fucking party with fireworks and a sick dance floor and ten different magic shows and then people walk in 6 hours early and go “nah this is good it sucks out there”
May 16, 2023 at 2:11 PM
the experience of making bluesky has been like planning this elaborate fucking party with fireworks and a sick dance floor and ten different magic shows and then people walk in 6 hours early and go “nah this is good it sucks out there”
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Haze 1.0 💠 has been released!
This is a big release, not only because of the version number, but also because of the amount of changes since the latest stable release.
You can read more below:
chrisbanes.me/posts/haze-1...
This is a big release, not only because of the version number, but also because of the amount of changes since the latest stable release.
You can read more below:
chrisbanes.me/posts/haze-1...
Haze 1.0
Haze 1.0 is a powerful library for achieving background blurring effects within Jetpack Compose and Compose Multiplatform apps.
chrisbanes.me
November 7, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Haze 1.0 💠 has been released!
This is a big release, not only because of the version number, but also because of the amount of changes since the latest stable release.
You can read more below:
chrisbanes.me/posts/haze-1...
This is a big release, not only because of the version number, but also because of the amount of changes since the latest stable release.
You can read more below:
chrisbanes.me/posts/haze-1...
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We tested out the fix without forking Compose, by relying on a non suspending breakpoint and running the fix as a side effect of evaluating logging code.
I love doing that trick.
#AndroidDev
I love doing that trick.
#AndroidDev
November 6, 2024 at 9:51 PM
We tested out the fix without forking Compose, by relying on a non suspending breakpoint and running the fix as a side effect of evaluating logging code.
I love doing that trick.
#AndroidDev
I love doing that trick.
#AndroidDev
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Building a Kotlin Multiplatform starter pack. Still working through followers and finding other folks on the platform. Lots of people joined recently, so I'm definitely missing accounts. Ping me with suggestions! go.bsky.app/2oR84o6
November 3, 2024 at 9:20 PM
Building a Kotlin Multiplatform starter pack. Still working through followers and finding other folks on the platform. Lots of people joined recently, so I'm definitely missing accounts. Ping me with suggestions! go.bsky.app/2oR84o6
That's good wisdom. If you have a problem and you build a product that solves it, make sure you love the product, and it solves your problem the way you like it. You can build upon it and tweak it later if it reaches a wider audience.
Version 1 is for you
A few weeks ago I was at our company meetup in Montreal, on stage in a big room in front of everyone, sharing progress on two brand new products in development. We went one at a time. First Product 1 ...
world.hey.com
November 5, 2024 at 11:31 AM
That's good wisdom. If you have a problem and you build a product that solves it, make sure you love the product, and it solves your problem the way you like it. You can build upon it and tweak it later if it reaches a wider audience.
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Made an #AndroidDev Starter Pack!
Please let me know if I missed anyone so I can connect with them as well 😁
go.bsky.app/Etd57t6
Please let me know if I missed anyone so I can connect with them as well 😁
go.bsky.app/Etd57t6
October 24, 2024 at 2:22 AM
Made an #AndroidDev Starter Pack!
Please let me know if I missed anyone so I can connect with them as well 😁
go.bsky.app/Etd57t6
Please let me know if I missed anyone so I can connect with them as well 😁
go.bsky.app/Etd57t6
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💁♂️ Custom domain @handle in 1️⃣ minute 💨
1️⃣ On Desktop, ⚙️ Settings > @ Change Handle
2️⃣ 👉 I have my own domain
3️⃣ Copy+Paste Bluesky's ⚙️ DNS Panel ➡️ your domain provider
4️⃣ In Bluesky, 👉 Verify DNS Record, then 👉 Update your handle
🎉 Done! Check your profile 👀
ℹ bsky.social/about/blog/4...
1️⃣ On Desktop, ⚙️ Settings > @ Change Handle
2️⃣ 👉 I have my own domain
3️⃣ Copy+Paste Bluesky's ⚙️ DNS Panel ➡️ your domain provider
4️⃣ In Bluesky, 👉 Verify DNS Record, then 👉 Update your handle
🎉 Done! Check your profile 👀
ℹ bsky.social/about/blog/4...
October 31, 2024 at 12:37 AM
💁♂️ Custom domain @handle in 1️⃣ minute 💨
1️⃣ On Desktop, ⚙️ Settings > @ Change Handle
2️⃣ 👉 I have my own domain
3️⃣ Copy+Paste Bluesky's ⚙️ DNS Panel ➡️ your domain provider
4️⃣ In Bluesky, 👉 Verify DNS Record, then 👉 Update your handle
🎉 Done! Check your profile 👀
ℹ bsky.social/about/blog/4...
1️⃣ On Desktop, ⚙️ Settings > @ Change Handle
2️⃣ 👉 I have my own domain
3️⃣ Copy+Paste Bluesky's ⚙️ DNS Panel ➡️ your domain provider
4️⃣ In Bluesky, 👉 Verify DNS Record, then 👉 Update your handle
🎉 Done! Check your profile 👀
ℹ bsky.social/about/blog/4...
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the one cool part about this is that self-hosters had the site to themselves for about 20 minutes.
backbone networking issues with our bare metal provider that screwed up _a lot_ of things
looks like things are recovering now. hopefully the core issue is resolved 🤞
looks like things are recovering now. hopefully the core issue is resolved 🤞
October 30, 2024 at 2:28 PM
the one cool part about this is that self-hosters had the site to themselves for about 20 minutes.
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Would you look at that. GitHub has added support for Bluesky handles on your GitHub profile.
November 1, 2024 at 3:03 AM
Would you look at that. GitHub has added support for Bluesky handles on your GitHub profile.
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Some of these font features(?) look pretty amazing.
As someone who looks at fonts all day I appreciate it.
monaspace.githubnext.com
As someone who looks at fonts all day I appreciate it.
monaspace.githubnext.com
Monaspace
An innovative superfamily of fonts for code
monaspace.githubnext.com
November 1, 2024 at 8:26 AM
Some of these font features(?) look pretty amazing.
As someone who looks at fonts all day I appreciate it.
monaspace.githubnext.com
As someone who looks at fonts all day I appreciate it.
monaspace.githubnext.com