A developer’s work doesn’t stop once the code is written. The real action begins when it’s deployment day. The process—managing multiple environments, testing new features, or ensuring seamless uptime during releases—must be fast, secure, and efficient. Can you imagine a world where deployment is smooth, automated, and risk-free—where strategies scale, adapt, and are successful every … Read more
Once the unshakable king of enterprise development, Java is now facing its most important existential moment since its creation. It’s not that Java has failed; it’s that the world around it has changed. And Java, with its traditional runtime model and heavyweight architecture, hasn’t always kept up. In a cloud-native world where agility, speed, and … Read more
In fluid synchronisation, dozens of robotic arms picked up metal parts and welded them onto vehicle beds, as car skeletons gradually took shape and progressed along an automated factory floor near the eastern Chinese city of Ningbo. Across the country, car models rolling off assembly lines like this have gone from concept to release in … Read more
Enhance Your CI Efficiency by Disabling Unnecessary Lint Tasks When Building APKs Photo by Elena Mozhvilo on Unsplash I’ve been exploring ways to speed up a white-label automated app-building system. After a deeper inspection, I realized that the Android Gradle build task could run much faster for assemble tasks, a.k.a. building APKs. Given the number … Read more
Enhance Your CI Efficiency by Disabling Unnecessary Lint Tasks When Building APKs Photo by Elena Mozhvilo on Unsplash Context I’ve been exploring ways to speed up a white-label automated app-building system. After a deeper inspection, I realized that the Android Gradle build task could run much faster for assemble tasks, a.k.a. building APKs. Given the … Read more
Quick notes to get you up to speed with Kotlin’s null safety. Kotlin supports two types of references or variables: nullable and non-nullable. Cannot hold a null value. Assigning null causes a compile-time error. If late initialisation is a requirement, try using lateinit or by lazy. Kotlin enforces null checks at compile time; so there … Read more
For many, Microsoft Edge’s only purpose is to download another browser entirely, like Chrome or Firefox. But this isn’t Internet Explorer: Edge is a competent browser in its own right, whether you have a Mac or a PC. If you do use the browser, you might be pleasantly surprised by how snappy it feels after … Read more
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has made its second close flyby of the sun. The spacecraft travelled at a speed of 692000 kilometres per hour. It moved within 6.1 million kilometres of the sun. This event took place on March 22. A signal confirming its good health was received on March 25. The signal confirmed that … Read more
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Android 16 now supports cloud compilation, a new feature that could speed up new app installs. The goal of cloud compilation is to avoid running the dex2oat tool during app installations by offloading compilation to the cloud. Dex2oat takes an APK file and generates app artifact files that the … Read more
Tinder’s new Game Game feature lets users practice flirting with AI personas The voice-based encounters provide real-time feedback on your charm Users are rated on a three-flame scale to gamify the experience I’m very happily married, but the memories of excruciating anxiety in attempts to flirt are carved into my brain forever. Just getting up … Read more