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Annyce Davis

@brwngrldev.bsky.social

Eng Director @Ford, #Speaker, #Poet, and #Instructor

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Golden Kodee Community Awards | KotlinConf 2026, May 20–22, Munich KotlinConf is the official Kotlin conference by JetBrains. It is a place for the community to gather and discuss all things Kotlin.

Golden Kodee Community Awards

We’re celebrating the people who make the Kotlin community thrive through education, open source, events, and creativity.

Nominations are open.

Learn more and nominate someone who deserves recognition, including yourself: https://bit.ly/4sRrklK

23.01.2026 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Disappearing Middle: How AI Coding Tools Are Breaking Software Apprenticeship How AI coding agents are automating away the developer apprenticeship ladder. Discover three personas for using agentic programming effectively, when it accelerates work, and critical guardrails to pr...

If your engineering team is 'senior-only' + AI-assisted… where do tomorrow's seniors come from?

New blog post on the 'disappearing middle':

chrisbanes.me/posts/disapp...

29.12.2025 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1
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#Androidified myself. I'm just a traveling cowboy! 🀠 Create your own and watch the latest episode of #TheAndroidShow.

android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/09/the-...

04.09.2025 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Tune in (here!) on September 3 - and click to get notified - for The Android Show!
YouTube video by Android Developers Tune in (here!) on September 3 - and click to get notified - for The Android Show!

The #AndroidShow is about to begin! Tune in to see the latest updates in the world of Android πŸ’š maybe you will even see someone familiar πŸ‘€

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdpS...

03.09.2025 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Tune in on September 3 for our next episode of The Android Show
YouTube video by Android Developers Tune in on September 3 for our next episode of The Android Show

Make sure you watch the #AndroidShow tomorrow to learn about the latest goodies from #Google!

youtu.be/BXH6ZiLBT8A?...

02.09.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Justin Timberlake - CAN'T STOP THE FEELING! (from DreamWorks Animation's "TROLLS") (Official Video)
YouTube video by justintimberlakeVEVO Justin Timberlake - CAN'T STOP THE FEELING! (from DreamWorks Animation's "TROLLS") (Official Video)

This song needs to be studied. No matter my mood, if I'm on a plane, a train, my feet are moving! πŸ’ƒπŸ½

youtube.com/watch?v=ru0K...

21.07.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Flow marbles illustrating filter and map.

Flow marbles illustrating filter and map.

Remember the marble diagrams used to explain RxJava?

My brilliant colleague Kostya πŸ§™β€β™‚οΈ has made an interactive explainer for Kotlin Flows to match!

Find the magic here: terrakok.github.io/FlowMarbles/

16.07.2025 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

And it's done! πŸ’…πŸΌ

open.substack.com/pub/brwngrld...

14.07.2025 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I asked Gemini to create a haiku based on my career goals πŸ’Œ

Ship cool things always,
Solve hard problems with good friends,
Tease boss, laugh, have fun

11.07.2025 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man with long hair and a beard is standing in the woods holding a camera . ALT: a man with long hair and a beard is standing in the woods holding a camera .

Asked MS #Copilot: "Summarize my week in the style of a comedy roast"

Reply: "So, in summary: you navigated privacy crises, repo deletions, AI agents, and at least three meetings that could’ve been interpretive dance. Bravo, Annyce. Bravo."

I smiled. Then let out a little chuckle. #neededthat

10.07.2025 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
AI generated comicbook-style photo of me riding in a Mustang

AI generated comicbook-style photo of me riding in a Mustang

Generated this photo with #Gemini for my upcoming newsletter. Now all I have to do is write it. πŸ˜…

08.07.2025 02:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Google I/O 2025: What busy Execs need to know Android continues to expand beyond phones into cars, wearables, and more, now reaching over billions of screens. Google I/O 2025 introduced key updates focused on making experiences adaptive across…

Had the opportunity to attend #GoogleIO again this year. Besides getting to connect with friends, I left with tons of ideas around how #AI can be used to boost developer productivity and unlock unique customer experiences.

Check out the blog post => annycedavis.com/2025/06/goog...

06.06.2025 13:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This was cool. I'm becoming more interested in MCP. Thanks for the write up πŸ’―

03.06.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a girl in a school uniform is holding a white ball in her hands and making a funny face . ALT: a girl in a school uniform is holding a white ball in her hands and making a funny face .

Had my first pork bun and now I'm one step closer to turning into my favorite #Anime character.

22.05.2025 23:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a group of minions standing next to each other with the word oooh in the corner ALT: a group of minions standing next to each other with the word oooh in the corner

@tornorbye.bsky.social can't get enough of the animation updates in Gemini

#googleio

21.05.2025 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've never been to an AMA where no one has led their "question" with a whole diatribe. πŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™€οΈ

21.05.2025 03:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🀣🀣🀣

21.05.2025 02:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Love running into friends at conferences! Got to catch up with @segunfamisa.bsky.social

#googleio

21.05.2025 01:41 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just casually chatting with Sundar Pichai at #googleio

20.05.2025 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They start with DolphinGemma instead of DoggoGemma. I'm flabbergasted πŸ€”

#googleio

20.05.2025 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Announcing Jetpack Navigation 3 Explore Jetpack Navigation 3, a new Compose-first navigation library with increased flexibility so Android developers to build robust experiences.

Today, we've released a brand new Jetpack library - Navigation3! A pure Compose, state based navigation library: android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/05/anno...

20.05.2025 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 91    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 8
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@florinam.bsky.social came out and the crowd was like, "Whatever you're selling, I'm buying!"

She did a great job! #googleio

20.05.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't understand it, I'd need a new pair of eyes for my font to be that small πŸ˜‚

20.05.2025 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The guy in front of me is coding with his screen font on like 8. How?!

#googleio

20.05.2025 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Me at #googleio πŸ’…πŸ½

20.05.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also, I really hope someone keeps track of how many times they say AI during the keynote. For research purposes

#googleio

20.05.2025 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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two anime girls are hugging each other and one has a big eye ALT: two anime girls are hugging each other and one has a big eye

If I'm late for anything, likely was watching #Anime. Why does it have such a chokehold on me?! 😭

20.05.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Such a small thing and now living like the Jetsons πŸ˜‚

19.05.2025 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Suitcase with cup holder

Suitcase with cup holder

One of the best things I've done recently for my frequent travel is upgrading my suitcase to one that has a cup holder. 10/10

#frequent #traveler

19.05.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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