Top 10 Compose Mistakes in Large-Scale Apps
Enterprise Compose pitfalls (state hoisting, keys, compiler reports) with fixes.
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FlashList v2: A Ground-Up Rewrite for React Native’s New Architecture
New FlashList removes item size estimates, improves scroll precision & load times; production-ready. (Shopify)
Mastering CustomPainter: Going Beyond Widgets in Flutter
CustomPainter techniques & perf tradeoffs for bespoke visuals.
Achieving native-like speed: boosting Android WebView performance by 100%+
TikTok’s real-world WebView perf wins: preloading, cache strategy, threading & metrics.
How 40 Lines of Code Sped Up iOS End to End Tests by over 50%
At Wealthfront, testing is one of our core engineering principles—in the form of unit and end-to-end testing on all platforms. The iOS team in particular manages its own CI infrastructure to run tests against an integration server
Flutter Forward: Crafting Type-Safe Native Interfaces with Pigeon
Mercari uses Pigeon for tight, safe Flutter-to-native connections.
Translating Java to Kotlin at Scale
Meta shifted their giant Android codebase from Java to Kotlin over years.
How we reduced peak memory and CPU usage of the product configuration management SDK
Our GrabX clients noticed that the GrabX SDK tended to require high memory and CPU usage. From this, we saw opportunities for further improvements that could:
How we safely removed 10,000 lines of code using Emerge Tools’ Reaper
We had a single developer when we first released our iOS app in October 2012. Over the past 12 years, our team of software engineers has grown tremendously
How the Medium iOS team works effectively with legacy code
This story is not about pretty code, it is even less about pretty design.
From 30 Minutes Down to 10: Taming our Monolith's CI Build Times
When Cash App was originally developed we had a single service powering all backend functionality, codenamed “Franklin”.
Glance TV Optimization Part 1: Shrinking APK Size by 65%
Glance cut their TV app’s APK size by 65% with clever moves.
How We Optimized Concurrency Using Node.js at Skeelo
Skeelo tunes Node.js concurrency to keep their app humming along.
GraphQL on iOS: How We Decided Against Apollo & Where We Went Next
Principal iOS engineer Joel Kin shares more about Handshake's choice in our API development using GraphQL on iOS and how it best serves our users.
Fast Auto-Generated Streaming JSON Parsing for Android
Instagram parses JSON super-fast for their Android app’s needs.
Why xHE-AAC is being embraced at Meta
Meta adopts xHE-AAC to pump up audio quality across their apps.
Reduced Memory & CPU Usage in GrabX SDK
Grab lightens the load on memory and CPU in their GrabX SDK.
Flutter MVVM Pattern and Provider State Management
Separating Business Logic from UI View Code Now that you got a Flutter app that is able to make HTTP request, you may wonder: What if my app calls more than one service?
Retrofitting null-safety onto Java at Meta
Meta’s Nullsafe tool catches Java null errors before they crash apps.
Swiggy App on Diet
Swiggy puts their app on a diet, trimming size without losing flavor.