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Instagram DMs handle millions of messages per second. How do they make every send feel instant, even when your network drops mid-tap?

Handshake's iOS team just eliminated nearly 3,000 lines of testing and demo code. Their secret? Rethinking how they do snapshot testing.

Swiggy discovered customers were anxiously checking their order tracking screen multiple times during the 20-45 minute delivery window. Their solution? Let users track orders while doing literally anything else...

Instagram cut their Android app startup time in half and reduced APK size by 50%. Here's how they did it.

Making Swiggy Buttery Smooth

Company: Swiggy · Aug 15, 2023
Platform: iOS / Android

Swiggy's iOS team cut their app launch time in half and reduced app size by 8MB. Here's how they did it.

Instagram's Android team faced a brutal problem: complex captions with emojis and links were causing 50ms UI thread blocks, making scrolling feel janky even on flagship devices.

Bringing HDR video to Reels

Company: Meta · Jul 17, 2023
Platform: iOS / Android

Meta just solved a problem most users never notice: making HDR video look great on billions of devices with wildly different capabilities.

Skeelo's Android app was freezing on users. The culprit? SharedPreferences blocking the main thread and triggering ANR errors.

Cash App just open-sourced Redwood, their answer to the multiplatform UI problem. Unlike other solutions, it renders with native UI toolkits instead of recreating them.

Is Flutter really that good?

Company: Posts on Reddit · Jun 30, 2023
Platform: Flutter

Flutter promises write-once, run-anywhere magic. But does it actually deliver in production, or is it just hype?

Pepperfry's engineering team was facing system hangs and 28% CPU usage just from scrolling. The culprit? Traditional scroll event listeners that were choking their main thread.

Beautiful Performant Android UI

Company: Instagram · Jun 20, 2023
Platform: Android

Instagram built a full-screen video viewer that needed to feel buttery smooth on every Android device. Here's how they made animations delightful without killing performance.

Testing Android UI Performance Part 2

Company: Glance · Jun 1, 2023
Platform: Android

You found the jank in your Android app. Now what? Most teams stop at identifying the problem—but that's only half the battle.

Leigha Jarett from Flutter reveals how Google's cross-platform framework is becoming a serious contender for iOS development. With over 1 million apps built and major players like BMW and WeChat on board, the i...

Testing Android UI Performance

Company: Glance · May 18, 2023
Platform: Android

Glance's engineering team serves 100M+ users where visual experience is everything. When UI performance drops, users notice immediately—and they leave.

Premise's Android team put Jetpack Compose 1.0 through rigorous performance testing before adopting it in production. The results? Surprising insights about render times, cold starts, and optimization strategie...

Lens Performance Toolkit

Company: Snapchat · Mar 15, 2023
Platform: iOS / Android

Snap's Lens Performance Toolkit has been sunset, but its replacement Mobile Monitor offers AR developers something better. Here's what changed and why it matters for your lens performance.

Mobile Monitor

Company: Snapchat · Mar 15, 2023
Platform: iOS / Android

Snap's Lens Studio just gave AR developers a powerful weapon against performance issues. If your lenses are failing submission due to slow activation or low FPS, this tool is your answer.

Mobile Lens Profiler: Case Study

Company: Snapchat · Mar 15, 2023
Platform: iOS / Android

Snap's engineering team just dropped a masterclass in mobile performance debugging. Ever wonder why your AR lens stutters on the first frame?

Performance Optimization Guide

Company: Snapchat · Mar 15, 2023
Platform: iOS / Android

Snap's AR Lenses reach millions, but performance issues can kill engagement before users even see your creation. Here's how Snap ensures their AR experiences work across every device.

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