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Ciaran Sloan @ciaransloan.com · 4d

I'm literally obsessed with this app! Can't stop playing it! Would love to see it grow with larger grids, maybe a history of scores or even a time based leaderboard? Can't wait to see where you take it!

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JUnit Team 💙💛 @junit.org · 11d

#JUnit 6.0.0 is released!

✨ Java 17 and Kotlin 2.2 baseline
🌄 JSpecify nullability annotations
🛫 Integrated JFR support
🚟 Kotlin suspend function support
🛑 Support for cancelling test execution
⏭️ New `--fail-fast` mode for ConsoleLauncher
🧹 Removal of deprecated APIs

docs.junit.org/6.0.0/releas...

JUnit Release Notes

docs.junit.org

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Ciaran Sloan @ciaransloan.com · 11d

Warps great! Been using it for a couple years and love it. Can't seem to go back to anything else

Ciaran Sloan @ciaransloan.com · 14d

This.

Saket Narayan @saket.me · 14d

Yeah, the rationale for designing a "unified" user interface has always been a lie. It's very clear our screens were designed with iOS in mind.

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Cyril Mottier @cyrilmottier.com · 15d

We already had incremental compilation in the single-digit seconds range, but I’m still blown away by how much faster it is now that the entire codebase is fully on Metro. 🤯

github.com/ZacSweers/me...

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Ciaran Sloan @ciaransloan.com · 16d

a man wearing glasses is eating a croissant with tlc written on the bottom right

ALT: a man wearing glasses is eating a croissant with tlc written on the bottom right

media.tenor.com

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Andrei Shikov @shikasd.bsky.social · 23d

Casey Muratori pretty much sums up how I feel about LLMs for coding:

"The AI will always be useless for me. I physically can't get what I want from programming when AI is involved, because what it is doing is robbing me of the experience that I wanted to have and the knowledge that I wanted to get"

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Ciaran Sloan @ciaransloan.com · 27d

It really is! It's been such a great show, no filler. Loving every bit so far!

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Ciaran Sloan @ciaransloan.com · 27d

Ruin a song by adding the word "literally" to the title.

Literally all the small things

phoebeboo @phoebeblue.tifosi.social · 27d

Ruin a song by adding the word "literally" to the title.

All These Things That I've Literally Done

C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 27d

Ruin a song by adding the word "literally" to the title.

That Girl is Literally on Fire

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Ciaran Sloan @ciaransloan.com · 27d

This! 💯

Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 27d

the only AI i need is an earpiece i can wear at my kid's birthday party that tells me the name of the parent i've met like four times before

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Ciaran Sloan @ciaransloan.com · 28d

Agree with all these! 👍🏻 I've found since moving here and only using the Following feed, I'm caught up in a few minutes and I put my phone down. This feels like a wildly different place IMO but maybe I'm just not seeing the trash content here that I'd typically see on the other place

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Ciaran Sloan @ciaransloan.com · Aug 29

The auto update feature on Play Store is absolutely pathetic. I have apps that have updates released 78 days ago and still not auto updated.

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Adam Bennett @adambennett.dev · Aug 25

Fuck no, Google android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/08/elev...

A new layer of security for certified Android devices

Starting in 2026 and in select countries first, Android apps must be registered to a verified developer in order to be installed.

android-developers.googleblog.com

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Ciaran Sloan @ciaransloan.com · Aug 18

Hey @bsky.app I've noticed when playing videos in full screen (on #android), the video keeps playing when I put the app in the background. It even keeps playing if I lock my phone screen. There's no media notification to pause or stop audio in this situation!

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Kotlin by JetBrains @kotlinlang.org · Aug 14

🔥 Nearly 1 in 5 use Kotlin Multiplatform for their cross-platform projects!

📈 According to the last two Developer Ecosystem Surveys, its usage grew from 7% in 2024 to 18% in 2025.

kotl.in/deveco-24

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Alex Vanyo @vanyo.dev · Jul 30

The recording from my talk on how to handle configuration changes in Compose at #dcnyc25 is out!

Hopefully this helps explain what android:configChanges is responsible for in #AndroidDev and why it's important to know what promises you make when setting it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5-9...

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Ciaran Sloan @ciaransloan.com · Jul 28

This has bugged me for ages. It takes so much effort to find out more details about the app

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Ciaran Sloan @ciaransloan.com · Jul 27

a man in a helmet with the words " this is the way " behind him

ALT: a man in a helmet with the words " this is the way " behind him

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Ciaran Sloan @ciaransloan.com · Jul 25

Feature flag them, then turn it off after approval 🫣

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P-Y @p-y.wtf · Jul 25

We conflate 2 different things when we talk about "velocity"

- External velocity: how fast we ship features
- Internal velocity: how fast we make code changes

They're connected but different.

#AndroidDev

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Ciaran Sloan @ciaransloan.com · Jul 16

Whereas custom layouts can be intimidating and I'd imagine they appear at first quite complex to the average developer. I hadn't seen this video yet, so will check it out today, thanks!

Ciaran Sloan @ciaransloan.com · Jul 16

Personally I feel like `onGloballyPoisitioned` sneakily presents itself as the _easiest_ solution. It quickly gives the developer the info they are likely looking for (size in most cases) and isn't immediately obvious that will come with caveats

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Anton Arhipov @antonarhipov.bsky.social · Jul 14

Name-based restructuring on #Kotlin

www.reddit.com/r/Kotlin/s/Y...

From the Kotlin community on Reddit: Name-based destructuring in Kotlin

Explore this post and more from the Kotlin community

www.reddit.com

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Ciaran Sloan @ciaransloan.com · Jul 15

A reminder that @supabase.com is a far superior service and cheaper and it has a KMP library available. (If you're looking for auth and a backend database). Don't waste your time with a Google product that will eventually get abandonded

supabase.com

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Ciaran Sloan @ciaransloan.com · Jul 15

You do, but I'm referring to the backend service. It's a far superior service and a much cheaper plan too

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