Weekly Digest
Dec 4 - Dec 10, 2023
10 articles that week
Evolution of Bid Notifications to Courier
Gojek was sending 97-99% of driver bid notifications successfully. They rewrote the system and hit 99.9%+.
Part 1: Improving the Retail React Native App Performance
Coinbase cut their React Native app latency by 80% in 12 months. Here's the three-pronged strategy that made it happen.
Micro-Feature Architecture for Mobile
Delivery Hero tackled a tough problem: how do you let 15+ teams build features independently for the same mobile screen without chaos?
React Native 0.73 Debugging Improvements and Stable Symlinks
React Native 0.73 just dropped with a game-changing shift: the team is finally killing off Flipper and the legacy bridge. This is the biggest architectural pivot since the New Architecture announcement.
A New Foundation for AI on Android
Dave Burke from Google just dropped the blueprint for running foundation models directly on your Android device. No cloud required, no network dependency, just pure on-device AI.
Dynamic Presentation – Keeping the Coinbase App fresh in a rapidly changing market
Coinbase needed to update their app in minutes, not weeks, to keep pace with crypto's volatility. Traditional app releases took 10+ days from code freeze to launch.
Evolution of Translations Management for Android
Yaroslav T from Revolut reveals how managing translations for 6 apps across 330 modules and 33 languages evolved from a simple library to a custom Gradle plugin. The journey took 7 years and countless iterations.
Reddit Recap: State of Mobile Platforms Edition (2023)
Reddit's mobile team just dropped their brutally honest take on iOS vs Android development in 2023. Spoiler: neither platform makes it easy.
Getting Started with React Native Skia
Daniel Friyia from Shopify breaks down React Native Skia, the library pushing mobile animations beyond what most developers thought possible. If you've been intimidated by those hypnotic animation demos, this is your entry point.
Performance monitoring in Mercari mobile apps
Mercari rewrote their entire mobile app and faced a nightmare scenario: millions of users reporting the new version felt slower than the old one.