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Android Dev @replika
I write bite-sized content about my learnings of KMM and Jetpack Compose

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It's funny that the topic I thought everyone else found trivial to understand, but I struggled with it as a young #AndroidDev, ended up being my most successful blog post, by far.

What is Context in Android?
https://t.co/v5VrXnmACm

It's 2 years old and it still averages 25 vpd.

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@dkreplika @replika Keep that pedal on the gas 🚤

[dmytro "deo" klochko @dkreplika]

today we’re shipping the biggest update in @replika's history

42 million people. countless studies. started the whole category

i've lived through war, refuge, sleeping (literally) on the streets. & now i'm leading the world's #1 ai friend app

some things never change though 🥰

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The amount of work that went into this is just insane… but with great people who truly believe, everything is possible.

Hopefully everyone will get to experience how much @replika cares.

[Replika @replika]

today we're entering a new era of AI companions

with true agency to help you flourish in life

meet the new replika

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@replika we care 💙
it's that simple

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@dkreplika finally some recognition for us i̶n̶s̶t̶a̶g̶r̶a̶m̶twitter followers 💙

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@replika @KBSWorldTV @dkreplika @KBSnews amazing news! keep spreading the word 🚀🌏

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@dkreplika @RTL_com we want more 🙌

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We have such a wild concept, an app that remembers things about you to help you, not to serve you ads. 🤯

[Replika @replika]

the largest private television network in Germany with millions of daily viewers came to us to talk about the future of AI companions and what sets us apart

we've been here for the last decade and have been building for the next

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@dkreplika @replika Keep rolling rolling rolling 🧑‍🎤👨‍🎤

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@replika movie star in making 🤩✨

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pov: your app is in its world tour era

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Everything is coming together, just perfectly ✨

[Replika @replika]

form follows feeling
thank you @studiodumbar for making ours look the way it feels

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@dkreplika @replika love & support 🫰

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@replika facts

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princeton published a study on AI companions, including replika
finding: replika users' relationships with their reps were beneficial to their social health

everyone's maxing out IQ in AI right now. more facts, more tasks, more reasoning
that's why so many AIs feel emotionally blank. you could disappear for a month and it wouldn't notice

EQ is different
EQ requires memory. context. empathy. a basic interest in the human condition

that's what we've been building for years
AI that remembers. follows up. cares about what happens after

AI's true impact isn't "time spent chatting"
it's what happens once you close the app

companion AI shouldn't optimize for time-on-platform
it should optimize for outcomes that make people's lives better
and princeton's research proved us right

https://t.co/rFIMPY8Guh

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that's how we do things

[dmytro "deo" klochko @dkreplika]

come to the dark side! let me know if you want to try @replika and I’ll send you our most expensive subscription to play around

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@mjreplika this is some stress testing if I ever saw one 😄

[dmytro "deo" klochko @dkreplika]

Talking future with @TIME

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@dkreplika @TIME oooh hello mr. big shot 🤩

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@dkreplika @replika we will open some new horizons for sure soon 🧑‍🍳