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Hacker News Companion @hncompanion.com · 16d

F-Droid and Google’s developer registration decree
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F-Droid and Google's Developer Registration Decree | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

For the past 15 years, F-Droidhas provided a safe and secure haven for Android users around the world tofind and install free and open source apps. When cont...

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Matt McKenna @mmckenna.me · 17d

Can't wait for this!

TJ @tunji.dev · 17d

I'm excited to announce something I've been building, an open source atproto client heron.tunji.dev!

Its currently available in beta on Google Play for Android devices. Please DM @heron.tunji.dev if you'd like early access.

It will be released to all Android users in the next few weeks!

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Matt McKenna @mmckenna.me · Sep 7

I also miss holo

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Matt McKenna @mmckenna.me · Sep 3

Android being open is so amazing.

blog.ctms.me/posts/2024-0...

This blog is running on a recycled Google Pixel 5

An absolute mammoth post about how I am running this blog site from a Google Pixel 5 Android phone using only Termux. It includes what inspired me, what I'm using for the setup, and my longform notes ...

blog.ctms.me

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Matt McKenna @mmckenna.me · Sep 2

Congrats! 🥳🥳🥳

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Matt McKenna @mmckenna.me · Aug 28

Wrote about the hidden costs of using typealias for lambdas!

blog.mmckenna.me/the-case-of-...

The Case of the Missing Handler

The hidden cost of using typealias with lambdas

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Zac Sweers @zacsweers.dev · Aug 18

Wrote a lot of thoughts on junior developers, AI, and what I strongly feel is going to become the defining challenge of our industry's next generation.

www.zacsweers.dev/forklifts-re...

Forklifts Require Training

Sleepwalking into labor collapse

www.zacsweers.dev

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Matt McKenna @mmckenna.me · Aug 18

Happy birthday!! 🙌

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Matt McKenna @mmckenna.me · Aug 4

TIL about the "Minimize comments" option in Github PRs.

Hide all pre-existing review comments on a PR to review without distraction.

Github PR settings menu showing options: Unified, Split (selected), Minimize comments (selected), Hide whitespace, Compact line height (selected).

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Matt McKenna @mmckenna.me · Jul 29

Exactly! It's become a big pet peeve of mine.

Matt McKenna @mmckenna.me · Jul 29

Stop calling AI a "junior engineer"

blog.mmckenna.me/stop-calling...

Stop Calling AI a “Junior Engineer”

They are tools, not teammates

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P-Y @p-y.wtf · Jul 23

You should read this super cool blog from Tom!

This is a result of a month long investigation where he found a core bug in the Android Framework USB handling code that led to VM freezes.

engineering.block.xyz/blog/ending-...

#AndroidDev

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Matt McKenna @mmckenna.me · Jul 22

Nice! How did they track the results?

Matt McKenna @mmckenna.me · Jul 22

Does anyone run internal bug bounty, code deletion, fixit weeks, or other gamified things to add some focused fun to their teams flow?

If so are there products or other ways in which you host leader boards, call outs, prizes?

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Matt McKenna @mmckenna.me · Jul 19

This is one of those things that actually connects the dots on useful AI and has some real "wow" moments.

The accessibility implications of this are incredible.

goose @opensource.block.xyz · Jul 19

🪿📱Introducing Goose Mobile

An exciting new experimental project in the goose ecosystem!

Goose Mobile is an open agent that runs directly on your Android device, designed to maximize automation of your everyday tasks.

github.com/block/goose-...

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goose @opensource.block.xyz · Jul 19

🪿📱Introducing Goose Mobile

An exciting new experimental project in the goose ecosystem!

Goose Mobile is an open agent that runs directly on your Android device, designed to maximize automation of your everyday tasks.

github.com/block/goose-...

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Matt McKenna @mmckenna.me · Jul 17

10/10 would tip

Soren Iverson @soren.bsky.social · Jul 16

Square POS tip by doing their job for an hour

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Pamela Hill @pamelaahill.bsky.social · Jul 16

Remember the marble diagrams used to explain RxJava?

My brilliant colleague Kostya 🧙‍♂️ has made an interactive explainer for Kotlin Flows to match!

Find the magic here: terrakok.github.io/FlowMarbles/

Flow marbles illustrating filter and map.

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Matt McKenna @mmckenna.me · Jul 16

Hey! Sorry for the delay in getting these up.

Here's a link! Let me know if you have any questions too 😁

www.slideshare.net/slideshow/re...

Ready Layer One: Intro to the Model Context Protocol

Discover how the Model Context Protocol (MCP) connects AI to the real world. We'll explore the Model Context Protocol using the Kotlin SDK letting an Agent control Android devices with ADB! We’ll liv...

www.slideshare.net

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Matt McKenna @mmckenna.me · Jul 14

Just watched this take from fiction authors on AI.

It's very interesting to see the correlation between disciplines: software engineering vs creative writing

youtu.be/fTIyTuAArtw?...