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13 May 2022
android studio, deep dive, git, ide, ide protips, intellij idea, tips, tooling

Anatomy of a .gitignore

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!

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24 July 2020
tips, random, audio, video, remote, conference

Better video and audio from home? Sure can do.

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.

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13 September 2018
android, kotlin, tips, productivity, tricks, Kotlin and Android

Kotlin and Android #3 — Know your properties

Kotlin and Android #3 — Know your properties

tl;dr Kotlin properties are awesome and super powerful, but each form comes with a bunch of gotchas. Make sure you fully understand them…

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06 September 2018
android, kotlin, tips, tricks, productivity, Kotlin and Android

Kotlin and Android #2  —  Treacherous properties

Kotlin and Android #2  —  Treacherous properties

Developers love properties in Kotlin, but a property is not always the right choice. Getting carried away can be risky, so when should we avoid properties?

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27 August 2018
android, kotlin, tips, tricks, productivity, Kotlin and Android

Kotlin and Android #1 — by lazy

Kotlin and Android #1  —  by lazy

Many people love by lazy, but it's easy to underestimate and misuse it. When should you use lateinit, and when is by lazy a better choice, as an Android developer?

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27 August 2018
android, kotlin, tips, tricks, productivity, Kotlin and Android

Kotlin and Android — An opinionated series (intro)

Kotlin and Android  —  An opinionated series (intro)

In this series we're going to be looking at a few common patterns I have seen Android developers use in Kotlin, and see what's the good and bad in each, and when to use them.

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15 May 2018
android, ide, android studio, productivity, tips, tricks

Quick Android Studio tip: debug logs without code

Quick Android Studio tip: debug logs without code

Instead of writing debug logging code, you can take advantage of the IDE tools. No more log statements forgot here and there!

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08 February 2018
git, static analysis, tooling, tips, tricks, ci, continuous integration, code quality

Ooga-chaka: Git hooks to enforce code quality

Ooga-chaka: Git hooks to enforce code quality

Use git hooks to prevent code formatting and static analysis from making your CI unhappy.

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