Weekly Digest
Dec 19 - Dec 25, 2022
3 articles that week
Tuesday, Dec 20
Optimizing Testing for Server-Driven Mobile Development at Strava
Strava's Android team hit a wall: testing server-driven UI meant wrestling with Charles Proxy crashes, EOF errors, and 3-4 minute build times. An intern decided to fix it.
Screen Response Time: A Critical Metric for User Experience
OkCredit reduced frozen frames by 40% by obsessing over a metric most Android teams ignore: screen response time.
Fan-tastic Search for Blazing Fast Results
Swiggy's search feature was a mess: 2,000+ lines in a single ViewModel, monolithic XML files, and performance issues. Time for a complete rewrite.