Kevin Block

Senior II Android Engineer | Sharing engineering knowledge

[Kevin Block @kevnblock]

@JorgeCastilloPr I mostly follow Android devs, and my feed is iOS-related. At least I'm learning about SwiftUI as I scroll

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@jackprice Could argue that familiarity helps conversions

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@AndroidDev Adaptive UI + KMP is a huge win. Love that I can write code once and deploy it just about any device of any size.

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@EOEboh Interviews should test your code review skills instead. Says a lot more about an engineer than building an alien dictionary in 45 minutes

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@JorgeCastilloPr Took me a long time to realize that health > work. Taking care of yourself is so important

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@catalinmpit Codex app is great. Seeing it build/navigate/debug websites in real-time is just too good

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@ogbuildsapps Yup. When the crash log is ambiguous, AI can guess, but in my experience, it's never been right. Requires a human to step into the loop

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@romxdev That's why it's important to enforce formatters and lint rules in a code base. Levels up your org by forcing them to focus on what's important.

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@DanielSmidstrup Codex for the app. Claude for speed. For my workflows, Codex just feels better.

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@seraleev I still have the block syntax bookmarked https://t.co/pvNzwib7wW

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@android_poet I'm assuming hidden companies == small organizations. If so, it's probably so they can create impact and move quickly. That's much harder to do when an org has hundreds, if not thousands, of engineers

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@zeroxjackson Claude, use opus 4.8 with max effort to change this buttons color

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@ionleu You don't build alien dictionaries or algorithms to trap rainwater in your day-to-day?

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@CodeWithAmann Reject the PR. It's not sensible to review it. Next step, get AI to split it into smaller chunks.

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@EOEboh Boring answer: try to max out your 401 (k) & Roth early. Be informed about what's happening in the world and invest in those opportunities.

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@azamsharp For aspiring engineers, this is a big issue. Sometimes you need to move slow to move fast.

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@Zinny_Edmund Lua. Such a simple yet powerful language

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@TTrimoreau Programming by hand will become a hobby like woodworking

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Hot take:

Job hopping won't be the same career hack for programmers anymore.

If AI is doing all your thinking, your career has a ceiling.