Weekly Digest
May 13 - May 19, 2024
5 articles that week
Transitioning to Appcraft: Evolution of Zalando’s Server-Driven UI Framework
Zalando powers 13 dynamic mobile pages without waiting for app store releases. Here's how they built a server-driven UI framework that ships changes same-day.
Java Is Dead Long Live Kotlin Part 2
Emily Fujimoto from Thumbtack just closed the book on a 6-year migration journey. The final push to eliminate Java from their Android codebase revealed lessons every mobile team needs to hear.
What's New in Flutter 3.22
Kevin Chisholm just dropped Flutter 3.22, and the performance numbers are wild. WebAssembly cuts frame rendering time by 3x in worst-case scenarios, while a Lottie animation that took 64ms now renders nearly 10x faster.
The Fundamentals of iOS Development at Revolut
Illia Kucheriavyi from Revolut reveals how 120+ iOS engineers ship weekly releases across 5 apps while maintaining 150,000+ automated tests. Their secret? A mono-repo with 160 shared modules and build times that dropped from 40 to 10 minutes.
Enhancing Chat Performance on PhonePe Android - Part 2
Ayush Bagaria from PhonePe reveals how CPU profiling and thread optimization slashed chat load times by 30%. Most Android apps are sitting on similar performance gains.