Tom Colvin
@tomcolvin.co.uk
UK based Android GDE, freelancer or through my agency Apptaura. I wear flowery shirts. 🇬🇧 🇦🇹
tdcolvin.medium.com / tomcolvin.co.uk
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Massive @vodafonegroup.bsky.social outage. I guess this about sums it up!
October 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Massive @vodafonegroup.bsky.social outage. I guess this about sums it up!
Goodness me, Thessaloniki is already beautiful and I haven't even landed yet ❤️
October 10, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Goodness me, Thessaloniki is already beautiful and I haven't even landed yet ❤️
Ushering in a new period of low productivity
October 5, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Ushering in a new period of low productivity
Thanks Google Maps, that really is a highlight
October 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Thanks Google Maps, that really is a highlight
I'm not sure it's divisive. Pretty wide agreement that it's bad.
Liquid Glass Could Be One of Apple's Most Divisive System Designs Yet www.wired.com/story/liquid...
Liquid Glass Could Be One of Apple's Most Divisive System Designs Yet
As Apple’s radical redesign rolls out across all of its platforms today, designers and app creators are still unconvinced it delivers the “greater focus” it promises.
www.wired.com
September 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I'm not sure it's divisive. Pretty wide agreement that it's bad.
Why is tailrec needed for tail-recursion optimisation in Kotlin? Surely the compiler already knows that a function is tail-recursive, so why do we have to manually request the optimisation?
August 20, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Why is tailrec needed for tail-recursion optimisation in Kotlin? Surely the compiler already knows that a function is tail-recursive, so why do we have to manually request the optimisation?
Important parenting rule: if you wake me up to ask, then the answer is no.
August 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Important parenting rule: if you wake me up to ask, then the answer is no.
Reposted by Tom Colvin
Reposted by Tom Colvin
Google confirms it's 'combining' Chrome OS and Android into a single platform
www.androidauthority.com/google-combi...
www.androidauthority.com/google-combi...
Google confirms it's 'combining' Chrome OS and Android into a single platform
We first heard back in November that Google could merge Chrome OS into Android. Now, an executive has publicly confirmed plans for a merger.
www.androidauthority.com
July 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Google confirms it's 'combining' Chrome OS and Android into a single platform
www.androidauthority.com/google-combi...
www.androidauthority.com/google-combi...
As dictated by my 3-year-old nephew
June 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM
As dictated by my 3-year-old nephew
Android apps are now better than iOS apps
June 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Android apps are now better than iOS apps
Hugging Face is a dumb name.
May 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Hugging Face is a dumb name.
Really interesting: The 80s computers banned by Romania's communist regime arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017...
The underground story of Cobra, the 1980s’ illicit handmade computer
In their poor, Communist country, Romania’s computer curious built an underground industry.
arstechnica.com
May 27, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Really interesting: The 80s computers banned by Romania's communist regime arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017...
I tentatively say that Nav3 looks much better than the old Jetpack Navigation library...
android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/05/anno...
android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/05/anno...
Announcing Jetpack Navigation 3
Explore Jetpack Navigation 3, a new Compose-first navigation library with increased flexibility so Android developers to build robust experiences.
android-developers.googleblog.com
May 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
I tentatively say that Nav3 looks much better than the old Jetpack Navigation library...
android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/05/anno...
android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/05/anno...
Thanks @androidweekly.bsky.social for including my article on implementing passkeys in Android!
It's here, if you wondered: proandroiddev.com/implementing...
It's here, if you wondered: proandroiddev.com/implementing...
May 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Thanks @androidweekly.bsky.social for including my article on implementing passkeys in Android!
It's here, if you wondered: proandroiddev.com/implementing...
It's here, if you wondered: proandroiddev.com/implementing...
I appreciate that I'm the very last person in the world to notice this - but OMG graphics cards are expensive now!
May 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I appreciate that I'm the very last person in the world to notice this - but OMG graphics cards are expensive now!
Once, before digital photography, photos used to come back with these little advice labels.
It was literally someone's job at the processing lab to LOOK THROUGH ALL YOUR PHOTOS and stick them on.
The lack of privacy of the analogue era is wild!
It was literally someone's job at the processing lab to LOOK THROUGH ALL YOUR PHOTOS and stick them on.
The lack of privacy of the analogue era is wild!
May 16, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Once, before digital photography, photos used to come back with these little advice labels.
It was literally someone's job at the processing lab to LOOK THROUGH ALL YOUR PHOTOS and stick them on.
The lack of privacy of the analogue era is wild!
It was literally someone's job at the processing lab to LOOK THROUGH ALL YOUR PHOTOS and stick them on.
The lack of privacy of the analogue era is wild!
My article on Android + Passkeys just got published! A full in depth tutorial that builds a working back-end and front-end using Jetpack Credential Manager. proandroiddev.com/implementing...
#androiddev #android
#androiddev #android
Implementing Passkeys in Android — A Full-Stack Guide
The internet would be a much more secure place for its users if passkeys replaced passwords. They are phishing-proof, guess-proof and…
proandroiddev.com
May 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
My article on Android + Passkeys just got published! A full in depth tutorial that builds a working back-end and front-end using Jetpack Credential Manager. proandroiddev.com/implementing...
#androiddev #android
#androiddev #android
Reposted by Tom Colvin
“It’s time to change the myth and the religion.”
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
May 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
“It’s time to change the myth and the religion.”
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
Bit of a jump in followers these last 24h! No idea where you all came from but thank you for wanting to listen to me 😀
May 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Bit of a jump in followers these last 24h! No idea where you all came from but thank you for wanting to listen to me 😀
They'll claw at you if you even try
April 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
They'll claw at you if you even try
Ahh 😌 home is where there's no R above my network symbols
April 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Ahh 😌 home is where there's no R above my network symbols
Reposted by Tom Colvin
🇫🇷🚨ATTN #ANDROIDDEVS! ONLY 2 DAYS LEFT! 🚨🇫🇷
#AMxDC25 expert-led #Android talks & 'Unconference Roundtables' let you learn, discuss, & problem-solve all in one event. Sharpen your skills by joining top #AndroidDev minds! LAST CHANCE TO GET TICKETS: androidmakers.droidcon.com/tickets/
#AMxDC25 expert-led #Android talks & 'Unconference Roundtables' let you learn, discuss, & problem-solve all in one event. Sharpen your skills by joining top #AndroidDev minds! LAST CHANCE TO GET TICKETS: androidmakers.droidcon.com/tickets/
April 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
🇫🇷🚨ATTN #ANDROIDDEVS! ONLY 2 DAYS LEFT! 🚨🇫🇷
#AMxDC25 expert-led #Android talks & 'Unconference Roundtables' let you learn, discuss, & problem-solve all in one event. Sharpen your skills by joining top #AndroidDev minds! LAST CHANCE TO GET TICKETS: androidmakers.droidcon.com/tickets/
#AMxDC25 expert-led #Android talks & 'Unconference Roundtables' let you learn, discuss, & problem-solve all in one event. Sharpen your skills by joining top #AndroidDev minds! LAST CHANCE TO GET TICKETS: androidmakers.droidcon.com/tickets/
Has anyone here tried to run Linux on Snapdragon Elite CPUs? Does it work?
March 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Has anyone here tried to run Linux on Snapdragon Elite CPUs? Does it work?