Weekly Digest
Jun 26 - Jul 2, 2023
4 articles that week
Friday, Jun 30
Is Flutter really that good?
Flutter promises write-once, run-anywhere magic. But does it actually deliver in production, or is it just hype?
Wednesday, Jun 28
Optimising Page Load Times in Flipkart Mobile App
Flipkart shaved 30% off page load times in their React Native app with 500M weekly visits. Here's how they did it without rewriting everything.
Tuesday, Jun 27
How we lowered Fullstory for Android’s impact on app startup time by 75% thanks to Emerge Tools
Fullstory got a wake-up call when a prospect flagged a 6% startup time increase from their Android SDK. Even when disabled, the SDK was adding 100ms to app launches.
Keeping Up with Android App Size Growth
Square manages hundreds of mobile engineers in a monorepo, all contributing to apps that must stay under Google Play's 150 MB limit. How do they prevent app bloat at scale?