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How I imagine foldable phones will look in 2035

GitHub Merge Strategies: A Visual Explanation Understanding Merge Commit, Squash Merge, and Rebase Merge

A discussion about the differences of @github.com merge options came up at work this week.

I couldn't find a quick explainer I liked so I wrote down what I shared. I hope it's helpful!

blog.mmckenna.me/github-merge...

I live in the US and I don't blame anyone who doesn't want to come here right now.

My solace is this:

"Remember that all through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seem invincible. But in the end, they always fall. Always.”

― Mahatma Gandhi

A 🧵 announcement: With the Jetpack Compose 1.8. beta01 release, you may notice that a significant number of APIs that were previously experimental, have been graduated to stable.

Refreshing to see more startups building AI coding tools NOT have ye mission of replacing software engineers with an “AI engineer” (looking at eg Devin, Magic .dev, and recent Meta).

But build tools that make engineers more efficient!

Sourcegraph a great example of the latter:

Every disaster movie starts with scientists being ignored. Good thing we’re not doing that.

The future is adaptive: Changes to orientation and resizability APIs in Android 16 Build adaptive apps that support various screen sizes and orientations, promoting consistent user experiences across different Android devices.

Very excited to announce that with Android 16 we're changing how we handle app orientation and resizing. Make sure to download the release and test your apps across screen orientations and aspect ratios. #AndroidDev #Android
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Welcome, TikTok users! Bluesky is just like TikTok, except instead of videos we post words and instead of fun we have "discourse"

Nothing like a paper towel that doesn’t tear evenly along its perforations to remind you how thin the thread you’re hanging by has become

The "remember me" checkbox is the pedestrian crossing button of the internet. We all know it won't work, but we push it anyway.

“Sleep on it” remains undefeated in debugging

Always great to hear feedback from iOS folks using KMP and Compose Multiplatform!

typescript is a lawless wasteland cosplaying as a statically typed language

would really appreciate a return to precedented times, thanks

Finished 80% of a feature yesterday, which means I only have 80% left to do today

Screenshot of app with bottom bar.

Screenshot of app with navigation rail.

Not one to brag, BUT, I have successfully used WindowSizeClasses to make my sample app adaptive. 💪

Feast your eyes on these screenshots!

#androiddev

A programmer had a problem. He thought to himself, "I know, I'll solve it with threads!". has Now problems. two he

Getting Started with CameraX in Jetpack Compose Part 1 — A guide to building a basic camera preview, covering setup, permissions, ViewModel creation, and UI implementation.

🚀 Did you know there's a new Compose artifact for working with CameraX?

Let me tell you all about it in a new blog post series "Unlocking the Power of CameraX in Jetpack Compose".

In part 1, I explain how to use the new artifact and show a camera preview in your app.

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Ah perfect timing! This will be interesting cc @nicole-terc.bsky.social

Gold

Loool omg 😆

a husky dog is laying on a bed with its tongue out Alt: a husky dog is laying on a bed with its tongue out staring into the abyss of emails and incident reports

Live footage of me attempting to go back to work tomorrow

Wow. Qué horror todo.

This has always been one of my pet peeves of software engineering practices.
Adding complexity to solve a problem you don't have, and likely won't in the future.

Same

For Maths fans, 2025 is a square.
45² = 45 x 45 = 2025
Also,
9² x 5² = 2025
40² + 20² + 5² = 2025
My favourite?
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
#Mathematics #teaching #education

Lol it's so bad but entertaining

Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?

#AndroidDev: 16.dp

Fair, free speech is the flag they wave. On being orthogonal, Community Notes is a (decent?) attempt to curb fake news.