Weekly Digest
Mar 28 - Apr 3, 2022
6 articles that week
How we improved our iOS CI infrastructure with observability tools
Grab's iOS team turned flaky CI tests into a 50% CPU reduction story. Their secret? Observability tools and some creative workarounds for Xcode 13.1's notorious Spotlight bug.
React Native Version 0.68 Release
React Native 0.68 just dropped, and it's the first version where you can opt into the New Architecture. This is the milestone the community has been waiting for.
Xcode Cloud Feedback from leboncoin
Pierre Abi-aad from leboncoin took Xcode Cloud for a test drive with a 28-developer iOS team. His verdict? Not ready for complex architectures, but Apple's onto something.
Introducing Focus: A New Open Source Gradle Plugin
Ryan Harter from Dropbox just open-sourced a Gradle plugin that cuts Android Studio sync time by 87%. If you're tired of waiting on builds in large Android projects, this is for you.
Designing Swiggy to Be Truly Accessible (Episode 4)
Swiggy tackled mobile web accessibility and discovered that following W3C guidelines was just the starting point. The real challenge? Making a food delivery app work seamlessly for screen reader users.
Android Developers Blog: How a single Android developer improved Lyft’s Drivers app startup time by 21% in one month
One Android developer at Lyft cut app startup time by 21% in just 30 days. Here's how they convinced leadership to prioritize performance over features.