Todor Kostov

[Jarosław Michalik @JarekOnTech]

When I am asked to interview someone about Android, here are the five questions I'll ask.
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[Todor Kostov @kostovtd]

@Zahra_HY @donnfelker Docu... Documen... Wut?! Is that some magical beast or something? I think I'm willing to pay to work in a company with a documentation

[Todor Kostov @kostovtd]

Sealed classes + RecyclerView with headers = ❤️ by @patxibocos https://t.co/rRjml3qhV3

[Florian Walther @flo_walther]

Did you know that Android is the least profitable tech niche on Youtube when it comes to ad revenue? I know how much other programming YouTubers make, and my Unity tutorial also makes like 2x of what Android dev makes per 1000 views. Why do you think that this?

[Aleksandr Volodarsky @volodarik]

There are tons of blogs by exceptional CTOs/engineers you probably have not heard of. They are super nerdy and beautiful.

Here are 20 you should be reading:

[Todor Kostov @kostovtd]

“How Big Technical Changes Happen at Slack” from @SlackEng https://t.co/zo8M4H1Iwj

[Todor Kostov @kostovtd]

Location without Google Services https://t.co/oDaAlADf2z #android #AndroidDev

[Michal Bialas @mmbialas]

10 new #Android libraries and projects to take inspiration from 🚀🤓✨
⚡⚡ Cool open-source projects in a thread 🧵⚡⚡
#android #AndroidDev #Productivity #Kotlin #jetpackcompose #compose #tooling #opensource

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[Todor Kostov @kostovtd]

How to automate your UI testing using Maestro https://t.co/DH5mzMFDv3 via @alexstyl Haven't tried Maestro personally (yet), but looks really really promising! #android #androidDev

[Donn Felker @donnfelker]

Deprecating a highly discoverable and useful API is bad design and stewardship.

Yes, I’m looking at you Kotlin.

String.capitalize() was deprecated in favor of String.replaceFirstChar() 🤦‍♂️

No one thinks … “let me capitalize this String, I bet the API is ‘replaceFirstChar’.

[Todor Kostov @kostovtd]

Some nice improvements to Play Console
https://t.co/hl7HqE79Yw #android #androidDev

[Todor Kostov @kostovtd]

A new post about some Android lifecycle changes after API 28 https://t.co/OPvay4ZeWC #android #AndroidDev

[Todor Kostov @kostovtd]

New product updates to Firebase Crashlytics #Android
#AndroidDev https://t.co/O9yBwfRj3b

[Todor Kostov @kostovtd]

A great article on - How to Grow as a Software Engineer. The take away part for me is the "Commercial Awareness" point. #Android #AndroidDev #Software #softwareengineering https://t.co/gQlGjM667q

[Formula 1 @F1]

Introducing pedal cam 👣🎥

#BritishGP @LandoNorris

[Todor Kostov @kostovtd]

U are a visual learner? What about programming principles and great illustrations? The S.O.L.I.D Principles in Pictures by Ugonna Thelma https://t.co/XpQI9JXHnq #programming #softwaredevelopment

[Todor Kostov @kostovtd]

@JulioCotta You mean the article is true not only for confirmation changes, but in the case u described as well? Or have I missed something?

[Todor Kostov @kostovtd]

Have you ever wondered how does ViewModels survive configuration changes? Here's a great article about that https://t.co/B1vVMgZyyf #Android #AndroidDev

[Todor Kostov @kostovtd]

@Lyusinator Силно изказване... Да разбираме, че годините обучение и труд не значат нищо ако човек не знае да борави с компютър?

[Todor Kostov @kostovtd]

A great article by @Rygellouv on the topic of LiveData https://t.co/zchRKepFxx #Android #mvvm