PinnedSebastiano Poggi — seb@androiddev.social·May 13, 2022Anatomy of a .gitignoreWhat’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!
In{ dev → tips() }bySebastiano Poggi — seb@androiddev.social·Apr 1, 2021Mocks, fakes and stubs: the stunt doubles of testingWhen testing, you may have heard of fakes, stubs, mocks: what are they? Which one is the best choice? Let’s find with some examples.
Sebastiano Poggi — seb@androiddev.social·Feb 23, 2021So, JCenter is shutting down…JCenter and Bintray are shutting down. What does that mean for you? Is there anything you need to do, now?
Sebastiano Poggi — seb@androiddev.social·Jul 24, 2020Better 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.
Sebastiano Poggi — seb@androiddev.social·Apr 16, 2019Squanchy and Firestore rules — a security post-mortemHow we found, and fixed, a security issue leading to potential PII leaking in Squanchy, our FOSS conference platform.
Sebastiano Poggi — seb@androiddev.social·Feb 6, 2019Calling for papers: Droidcon Turin 2019A retrospective on the Droidcon Turin 2019 Call For Papers.
In{ dev → tips() }bySebastiano Poggi — seb@androiddev.social·Nov 6, 2018Playing 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…A response icon6A response icon6
In{ dev → tips() }bySebastiano Poggi — seb@androiddev.social·Nov 6, 2018Playing 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.A response icon1A response icon1
In{ dev → tips() }bySebastiano Poggi — seb@androiddev.social·Sep 13, 2018Kotlin and Android #3 — know your propertiestl;dr Kotlin properties are awesome and super powerful, but each form comes with a bunch of gotchas. Make sure you fully understand them…A response icon2A response icon2
In{ dev → tips() }bySebastiano Poggi — seb@androiddev.social·Sep 6, 2018Kotlin and Android #2 — Treacherous propertiesSometimes using a property can result in a confusing and dangerous API.A response icon2A response icon2