Weekly Digest
Dec 22 - Dec 28, 2025
4 articles that week
Tuesday, Dec 23
Demystifying user journeys: Revolutionizing troubleshooting with auto tracking
Ever tried debugging a mobile app crash without knowing what the user actually did? You're flying blind.
JioHotstar Android App — Road to 99.9% CFUR
JioHotstar pushed their Android app from 99.5% to 99.8% crash-free rate by hunting down invisible memory killers. Here's how they did it.
The ViewModel Manager Pattern: How We Tamed a 2000+ Line ViewModel Into Clean, Testable Code
Chamod Lakmal from PickMe Engineering turned a 2,100-line ViewModel nightmare into 350 lines of clean, testable code. His team's test coverage jumped from 12% to 87%, and onboarding time dropped from 2 weeks to 2 days.
Monday, Dec 22
Building a Production-Ready Custom Slider in Jetpack Compose: A Deep Dive into Haptic Feedback, Snapping Logic, and Custom Theming
Chamod Lakmal from PickMe Engineering built a slider that users actually *feel*. Most custom sliders look good but feel dead—this one snaps, vibrates, and eliminates float drift with surgical precision.