Colin White

Colin White

@colinwhite.me

Merge conflicts are my cardio https://github.com/colinrtwhite

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Cassidy
@cassidoo.co

This is just a personal anecdote but probably worth noting for job hunters and learners: I've been asked 3 times just in the past week (!) by hiring managers for native Android developers! If you're deciding what you want to pick up/hone, that seems to be in pretty high demand right now.

Colin White
@colinwhite.me

Is there a reference implementation of this? Would be neat to see

WIRED@wired.com

Tinkering around for fun, a computer science undergrad realized that he had invented a new kind of hash table, one that worked faster than expected—taking less time and fewer steps to find specific elements.

wrd.cmUndergraduate Disproves 40-Year-Old Conjecture, Invents New Kind of Hash TableA young computer scientist and two colleagues show that searches within data structures called hash tables can be much faster than previously deemed possible.
Colin White
@colinwhite.me

Great podcast on data modeling and preventing invalid states!

Duck Droid@fragmentedpodcast.com

🔈 Our first episode of this year and season is out — Data Oriented Programming 🎧  First #AndroidDev #podcast episode for 2025. We're resumed our new season, so episodes coming your way every week! fragmentedpodcast.com/episodes/255/

fragmentedpodcast.com255 - Data Oriented Programming · Fragmented | #androiddev PodcastDownload directly In this episode, we dive into the programming paradigm — Data Oriented Programming (DOP) and why making data the star can simplify your code. Learn how well-modeled data reduces def...

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Romain Guy
@romainguy.dev

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.

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Andrei Shikov
@shikasd.bsky.social

Let's look at Bluesky performance on Android! I managed to build a release build of the app and ran some traces, let's see what we can find... I have ~hour, will add to this thread as I investigate

Colin White
@colinwhite.me

Super easy to set up! I’m @colinwhite.me now.

Eric Clemmons, CEO of JavaScript Fatigue@ericclemmons.com

💁‍♂️ 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...

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Kaushik Gopal
@kau.sh

Big changes coming to the Fragmented 🎙️ We’re moving from Wordpress → a leaner, simpler website. Long overdue and shipping in the next few days! We also recorded our SemiQuincentennial (that's #250) episode with some very very big announcements. Drops next week—stay tuned! fragmentedpodcast.com

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Kaushik Gopal
@kau.sh

In our first episode back to talking #AndroidDev shop; we chat with my good friend and (ex)colleague @colinwhite.bsky.social who helps us make sense of Square’s bold take on Compose! https://fragmentedpodcast.com/episodes/245-treehouse-redwood-and-zipline-with-colin-white/

fragmentedpodcast.com245: Treehouse, Redwood and Zipline with Colin WhiteDownload In this episode, Donn and Kaushik talk to an old friend of the show, Colin White, about Treehouse, a combination of the Redwood and Zipline libraries. Colin is a Staff Engineer at Cash App (Block). Redwood is a multiplatform Compose library that allows you to target multiple UI toolkits

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