Weekly Digest
Mar 31 - Apr 6, 2025
7 articles that week
Mastering SOLID Principles in Android with Jetpack Compose & Kotlin
Chamod Lakmal from PickMe Engineering breaks down SOLID principles with real Jetpack Compose code examples. No theory fluff—just practical refactoring patterns that actually work in production Android apps.
Swift Thread Safety: NSLockThreadSafeAccess vs DispatchQueueSafeAccess
Kcrdissanayake from PickMe Engineering breaks down a critical choice every Swift developer faces: how to safely manage shared state across threads without killing performance.
Use Expo, Ship faster: How Infinite Red ships 230% faster with Expo
Tyler Williams from Infinite Red just cut CI/CD time by 230% using a clever combination of Expo tools. The secret? Stop rebuilding native code when you don't need to.
Flutter 2025 Roadmap
Michael Thomsen from Google's Flutter team just dropped their 2025 roadmap—and it's a masterclass in transparent product development. The most interesting part? Non-Google contributors now outnumber Google employees.
Android Migration: From XML to Jetpack Compose - Part 1
Gary Dameme from Yubo shares how they're migrating a nearly 10-year-old Android app from XML to Jetpack Compose. Spoiler: it's not just about swapping UI frameworks.
A Behind-the-Scenes Look at How We Release the Spotify App (Part 1)
Spotify ships weekly releases to 675 million users across iOS and Android. Here's how they balance speed with quality at that scale.
Swift 6.1 Released
Swift 6.1 just dropped with some seriously practical upgrades. If you've been wrestling with concurrency boilerplate or data-race safety warnings, this release is for you.