Bridget Phillips
@jingibus.bsky.social
Android person at Cash App. http://www.billjings.net
This is fantastic and @zacsweers.dev deserves all the praise but it also is gonna give you a false idea of what Z is like as a maintainer and author, what the project is like, and how you might achieve something like this yourself
Hot take: Dependency Injection on Android just got a huge upgrade!!
Square just moved Anvil to maintenance mode to adopt Metro - a DI framework built by ONE PERSON that's 47-56% faster than Dagger+Anvil.
This is what "individual developers changing ecosystems" looks like 🧵
#AndroidDev
Square just moved Anvil to maintenance mode to adopt Metro - a DI framework built by ONE PERSON that's 47-56% faster than Dagger+Anvil.
This is what "individual developers changing ecosystems" looks like 🧵
#AndroidDev
November 8, 2025 at 7:01 AM
This is fantastic and @zacsweers.dev deserves all the praise but it also is gonna give you a false idea of what Z is like as a maintainer and author, what the project is like, and how you might achieve something like this yourself
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Excited to share Metro's original design doc. Pulls back the curtain on a lot of the historical community feedback and discussions that went into it in its early days!
www.zacsweers.dev/metros-desig...
www.zacsweers.dev/metros-desig...
Metro's Design Doc
Back in December 2024, I was around a month into working on Metro (at the time still called Lattice) and realized it crossed the threshold from "is this anything" to "oh shit this has wheels". I'd bee...
www.zacsweers.dev
November 6, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Excited to share Metro's original design doc. Pulls back the curtain on a lot of the historical community feedback and discussions that went into it in its early days!
www.zacsweers.dev/metros-desig...
www.zacsweers.dev/metros-desig...
This is a valuable document to read in itself, but essentially:
* DHS is using face scanning tech that we technologies know is known bad
* You can't opt out
* DHS claims this supersedes any actual documentation you have as to your citizenship
* DHS is using face scanning tech that we technologies know is known bad
* You can't opt out
* DHS claims this supersedes any actual documentation you have as to your citizenship
This week's @unbreaking.org update on immigration is *also* an update on data security because the administration is using immigration enforcement as a way to trial and operationalize a full-on surveillance state.
Our Immigration and Data Security teams worked together this week to understand how immigration-linked data grabs and shoddy facial recognition apps are laying the groundwork for a surveillance state.
unbreaking.org/blog/this-we...
unbreaking.org/blog/this-we...
November 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This is a valuable document to read in itself, but essentially:
* DHS is using face scanning tech that we technologies know is known bad
* You can't opt out
* DHS claims this supersedes any actual documentation you have as to your citizenship
* DHS is using face scanning tech that we technologies know is known bad
* You can't opt out
* DHS claims this supersedes any actual documentation you have as to your citizenship
Reposted by Bridget Phillips
This week's @unbreaking.org update on immigration is *also* an update on data security because the administration is using immigration enforcement as a way to trial and operationalize a full-on surveillance state.
Our Immigration and Data Security teams worked together this week to understand how immigration-linked data grabs and shoddy facial recognition apps are laying the groundwork for a surveillance state.
unbreaking.org/blog/this-we...
unbreaking.org/blog/this-we...
This week at Unbreaking, November 6 — Unbreaking
Unbreaking is built to be an antidote to information overload. Since we launched, we have been meticulously documenting lawsuits, executive orders, court rulings, countermoves, and other key events.
unbreaking.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
This week's @unbreaking.org update on immigration is *also* an update on data security because the administration is using immigration enforcement as a way to trial and operationalize a full-on surveillance state.
Coding with LLMs is exciting and fast in some ways, and profoundly demoralizing in other ways.
I've worked for years to write better coroutines tests (see here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk8k...), and it is just so much less work to write tests that I think suck.
I've worked for years to write better coroutines tests (see here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk8k...), and it is just so much less work to write tests that I think suck.
Bill Phillips Few Tools: How To Write And Understand! Coroutines Tests
YouTube video by John Wilker (360Conferences)
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Coding with LLMs is exciting and fast in some ways, and profoundly demoralizing in other ways.
I've worked for years to write better coroutines tests (see here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk8k...), and it is just so much less work to write tests that I think suck.
I've worked for years to write better coroutines tests (see here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk8k...), and it is just so much less work to write tests that I think suck.
Not only is it a series of videos for the month of November in which no effort has been made time
It's also time to play the @techconnectify.bsky.social hits
youtube.com/watch?v=DAX2...
It's also time to play the @techconnectify.bsky.social hits
youtube.com/watch?v=DAX2...
youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Not only is it a series of videos for the month of November in which no effort has been made time
It's also time to play the @techconnectify.bsky.social hits
youtube.com/watch?v=DAX2...
It's also time to play the @techconnectify.bsky.social hits
youtube.com/watch?v=DAX2...
Live from kingston harbor: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVr7...
🟢 Kingston Harbour LIVE 24/7 – Jamaica Waterfront View 🇯🇲
YouTube video by See Jamaica
www.youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Live from kingston harbor: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVr7...
Reposted by Bridget Phillips
From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.
October 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.
Oh lawd, true vibe
People like to say feedback is a gift and so like to remind them that the Trojan Horse was also a gift.
October 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Oh lawd, true vibe
It is difficult to maintain AI skepticism in the face of the impact it has on remote junior engineers.
I would rather our juniors learn the ropes in person with senior engineers, but.... they're not, at least not at our company. Having access to genAI tools has wildly improved their learning.
I would rather our juniors learn the ropes in person with senior engineers, but.... they're not, at least not at our company. Having access to genAI tools has wildly improved their learning.
October 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
It is difficult to maintain AI skepticism in the face of the impact it has on remote junior engineers.
I would rather our juniors learn the ropes in person with senior engineers, but.... they're not, at least not at our company. Having access to genAI tools has wildly improved their learning.
I would rather our juniors learn the ropes in person with senior engineers, but.... they're not, at least not at our company. Having access to genAI tools has wildly improved their learning.
Reposted by Bridget Phillips
A left wing politics that is oriented around your rights and identity as an individual consumer instead of your responsibilities as a member of a social or political community is basically a left aesthetic pasted onto an internalized neoliberal ontology.
Spin this out a bit?
October 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A left wing politics that is oriented around your rights and identity as an individual consumer instead of your responsibilities as a member of a social or political community is basically a left aesthetic pasted onto an internalized neoliberal ontology.
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I've been going down a stats + Android macrobenchmarks rabbit hole
Trying to write a blog post about that, in the meantime I'll share some raw thoughts here as a thread.
I've been focusing on benchmarks that capture frame duration metrics, e.g. developer.android.com/codelabs/jet...
#AndroidDev
Trying to write a blog post about that, in the meantime I'll share some raw thoughts here as a thread.
I've been focusing on benchmarks that capture frame duration metrics, e.g. developer.android.com/codelabs/jet...
#AndroidDev
Practical performance problem solving in Jetpack Compose | Android Developers
Make your Compose app run fast by analyzing system traces and fixing common lag causes.
developer.android.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I've been going down a stats + Android macrobenchmarks rabbit hole
Trying to write a blog post about that, in the meantime I'll share some raw thoughts here as a thread.
I've been focusing on benchmarks that capture frame duration metrics, e.g. developer.android.com/codelabs/jet...
#AndroidDev
Trying to write a blog post about that, in the meantime I'll share some raw thoughts here as a thread.
I've been focusing on benchmarks that capture frame duration metrics, e.g. developer.android.com/codelabs/jet...
#AndroidDev
When I read someone say, "Anyone who votes for a Nazi is a Nazi," and the "Nazi" in question is, like, supposed to be a crypto Nazi
I just shut my pie hole. Like, "Nothing good happening here, nothing good happening if I get involved"
When I see a mob, I generally run the other way
I just shut my pie hole. Like, "Nothing good happening here, nothing good happening if I get involved"
When I see a mob, I generally run the other way
October 22, 2025 at 5:46 AM
When I read someone say, "Anyone who votes for a Nazi is a Nazi," and the "Nazi" in question is, like, supposed to be a crypto Nazi
I just shut my pie hole. Like, "Nothing good happening here, nothing good happening if I get involved"
When I see a mob, I generally run the other way
I just shut my pie hole. Like, "Nothing good happening here, nothing good happening if I get involved"
When I see a mob, I generally run the other way
This is 100% true.
If you want the PRESENTATION to be great, the slides should complete your words, or vice versa. Punchlines, conundrums, summaries, even emphasis - they help you command the audience's attention.
If they're standalone, they must work without you there at all.
If you want the PRESENTATION to be great, the slides should complete your words, or vice versa. Punchlines, conundrums, summaries, even emphasis - they help you command the audience's attention.
If they're standalone, they must work without you there at all.
probably my most deeply-held belief: it is not possible for a slide deck to be both (1) a good presentation aide; and (2) a standalone document that can be read and understood in isolation.
October 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This is 100% true.
If you want the PRESENTATION to be great, the slides should complete your words, or vice versa. Punchlines, conundrums, summaries, even emphasis - they help you command the audience's attention.
If they're standalone, they must work without you there at all.
If you want the PRESENTATION to be great, the slides should complete your words, or vice versa. Punchlines, conundrums, summaries, even emphasis - they help you command the audience's attention.
If they're standalone, they must work without you there at all.
Watchmen is great, it's practically poetry in its economy of storytelling, and also Dr. Manhattan is a complete lunatic unreliable narrator
October 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Watchmen is great, it's practically poetry in its economy of storytelling, and also Dr. Manhattan is a complete lunatic unreliable narrator
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Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I haven't been following Unbreaking all that closely, but this summary of all the data security incidents they compiled is, by itself, pretty astonishing: unbreaking.org/blog/this-we...
This week at Unbreaking, October 10 — Unbreaking
We have updates on the Trump administration’s actions—and pushback from across US society—in Immigration, Data Security, Medical Research Funding, and Equality at Work.
unbreaking.org
October 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I haven't been following Unbreaking all that closely, but this summary of all the data security incidents they compiled is, by itself, pretty astonishing: unbreaking.org/blog/this-we...
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Newsom just signed SB79, a huge win for better urban development. Based on the feet dragging I presume the screaming match at him must have been deafening, especially after he vetoed all those trans rights bills.
Newsom signs historic housing bill to bring density to transit hubs
Newsom signed Senate Bill 79 into law on Friday. The historic bill, which looks to add density to transit hubs across California, is one of the most ambitious state-imposed housing efforts in recent m...
www.latimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Newsom just signed SB79, a huge win for better urban development. Based on the feet dragging I presume the screaming match at him must have been deafening, especially after he vetoed all those trans rights bills.
Apple land (RIP Big Nerd Ranch) is where I learned that the acid test for communication is whether your reader gets it.
I didn't "get it" when I looked at this icon, and I know what a loupe is! Why they chose to get rid of the photos (which provide interpretive context), I haven't the faintest idea
I didn't "get it" when I looked at this icon, and I know what a loupe is! Why they chose to get rid of the photos (which provide interpretive context), I haven't the faintest idea
October 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Apple land (RIP Big Nerd Ranch) is where I learned that the acid test for communication is whether your reader gets it.
I didn't "get it" when I looked at this icon, and I know what a loupe is! Why they chose to get rid of the photos (which provide interpretive context), I haven't the faintest idea
I didn't "get it" when I looked at this icon, and I know what a loupe is! Why they chose to get rid of the photos (which provide interpretive context), I haven't the faintest idea
Reposted by Bridget Phillips
Android’s new security screening feature is bad and I fucking hate it.
They wanted a mechanism for Google’s security team to block malicious developers.
But the same mechanism can be used by the state to control what we can do with our devices.
They wanted a mechanism for Google’s security team to block malicious developers.
But the same mechanism can be used by the state to control what we can do with our devices.
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
October 1, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Android’s new security screening feature is bad and I fucking hate it.
They wanted a mechanism for Google’s security team to block malicious developers.
But the same mechanism can be used by the state to control what we can do with our devices.
They wanted a mechanism for Google’s security team to block malicious developers.
But the same mechanism can be used by the state to control what we can do with our devices.
Reposted by Bridget Phillips
This isn’t to say they aren’t going to try to do fascism or do very dangerous or sadistic things for the sake of making content, we’re seeing that with the boats in Venezuela, but that you have to think about them as content creators first because everything makes more sense if you do.
September 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This isn’t to say they aren’t going to try to do fascism or do very dangerous or sadistic things for the sake of making content, we’re seeing that with the boats in Venezuela, but that you have to think about them as content creators first because everything makes more sense if you do.
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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...
github.com/ZacSweers/me...
September 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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...
github.com/ZacSweers/me...
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Also, if you're discussing water:
• Ounce is derived from the Latin Unica, unit
• One ounce of water by volume is basically one ounce of water by weight
• 16 volumetric ounces in a pint
• 16 weight ounces in a pound
• Pound and pint are the same word
• Ounce is derived from the Latin Unica, unit
• One ounce of water by volume is basically one ounce of water by weight
• 16 volumetric ounces in a pint
• 16 weight ounces in a pound
• Pound and pint are the same word
September 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Also, if you're discussing water:
• Ounce is derived from the Latin Unica, unit
• One ounce of water by volume is basically one ounce of water by weight
• 16 volumetric ounces in a pint
• 16 weight ounces in a pound
• Pound and pint are the same word
• Ounce is derived from the Latin Unica, unit
• One ounce of water by volume is basically one ounce of water by weight
• 16 volumetric ounces in a pint
• 16 weight ounces in a pound
• Pound and pint are the same word
We are going to cancel our Disney+ sub, but we also know that Disney is not doing this because of audience demand.
They did it:
* To get a merger to go through Trump's FCC
* Because they control so much content that consumers will come back regardless of how much they complain today
They did it:
* To get a merger to go through Trump's FCC
* Because they control so much content that consumers will come back regardless of how much they complain today
currently at record-high search interest for canceling disney plus. pulling kimmel is a bigger deal to the company's bottom line than any of the "woke" scandals of the past 5 years. i think news & entertainment corp execs need put more work into understanding their audience, & get off twitter
September 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
We are going to cancel our Disney+ sub, but we also know that Disney is not doing this because of audience demand.
They did it:
* To get a merger to go through Trump's FCC
* Because they control so much content that consumers will come back regardless of how much they complain today
They did it:
* To get a merger to go through Trump's FCC
* Because they control so much content that consumers will come back regardless of how much they complain today
I am not sure why the answer to "What can I give my followers in these trying times" is "Unhinged video from Daily Tokusatsu"
September 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I am not sure why the answer to "What can I give my followers in these trying times" is "Unhinged video from Daily Tokusatsu"