How to get your talk accepted
If you want to apply to a Call for Papers, this article gives you useful guidelines, and points out common mistakes that I have often seen in my years serving on CfP committees.
Sebastiano Poggi
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Anatomy of a .gitignore
What's in a .gitignore file? And what SHOULD be there instead? Become a master at pretending files don't exist and learn some neat tricks along the way!
Mocks, fakes and stubs: the stunt doubles of testing
When testing, you may have heard of fakes, stubs, mocks: what are they? Which one is the best choice? Let's find with some examples.
So, JCenter is shutting down...
JCenter and Bintray are shutting down. What does that mean for you? Is there anything you need to do, now?
Better video and audio from home? Sure can do.
Want to take your remote conferencing to the next level? Here's how to improve your home audio and video setup.
Squanchy and Firestore rules — a security post-mortem
How we found, and fixed, a security issue leading to potential PII leaking in Squanchy, our FOSS conference platform. Firestore access rules aren't as obvious as you'd think!
Calling for papers: Droidcon Turin 2019
Three weeks after the Droidcon Turin CfP has closed, it's time to share our retrospective notes on the conference!
Playing with elevation in Android 🥧 (part 2)
Now that we know the new APIs in Pie, we can work around their limitations to get all trippy…
Playing with elevation in Android 🥧 (part 1)
With Android Pie we gained the ability to tint our shadows. This mini-series looks into how this works and how to make the most of it.