Weekly Digest
May 19 - May 25, 2025
7 articles that week
How We Decomposed Tinder's Monolith
Maxwell Elliott and Connor Wybranowski from Tinder turned what seemed like a 12-year project into a 6-month sprint. Their secret? Letting the compiler do the heavy lifting instead of manually untangling 150,000 lines of code.
Dart and Flutter Momentum at Google I/O 2025
Michael Thomsen from Google's Flutter team just dropped major news: Flutter now powers nearly 30% of all new free iOS apps. That's triple the market share from 2021.
On-Device Generative AI APIs: ML Kit and Gemini Nano
Caren Chang, Chengji Yan, and Taj Darra from Google just made on-device AI dramatically easier for Android developers. Four new ML Kit APIs let you integrate Gemini Nano without any prompt engineering or fine-tuning.
Peacock Optimizes Streaming with Jetpack Compose
NBCUniversal's Peacock just proved that building for foldables isn't just about supporting bigger screens. It's about future-proofing your entire streaming experience.
Kotlin Multiplatform at Scale: Stone's Journey to 61% Code Sharing
Stone, a Latin American fintech serving 4M+ users, went all-in on Kotlin Multiplatform two years ago. The results? 55% code sharing across their mobile apps.
Flutter's Path Towards Seamless Interop
Mariam Hasnany from Google's Flutter team just announced a game-changer for plugin developers: direct native interop that could eliminate the tedious boilerplate that's been slowing everyone down.
One Codebase, Three Platforms: X's Experience with Kotlin Multiplatform
X (Twitter) rebuilt their encrypted DMs for millions of users with a team of just 5 Android engineers. Their secret? Kotlin Multiplatform.