2016: year in review
This post is a retrospective on all the tech/geeky stuff I did in 2016. Quill - Android app for bloggers After obsessing over it literally for months, perfecting small … »
Talk: How Bitcoin Works
We've started this thing at my company where, every Friday evening, one of us gives a talk on something—anything—that would be interesting to the group. So far we've … »
Eve: programming for humans
A few days ago, the Eve project released an ambitious new version of their "programming for humans" environment. It is just the latest in a venerable succession of ideas aimed … »
Udacity Android Developer Nanodegree: a brief review
Since I don't have enough time to write up a full review, I've just copy-pasted my brief review from Udacity's website below. Maybe I'll update this someday to a more … »
Introducing Quill for Ghost: the beautiful, offline-ready Android app for your Ghost blog
Today I'm excited to launch the public beta for Quill, a beautiful native Android app that brings all the major features of Ghost admin to your phone or tablet. Plus, … »
Architecting your Android app for an offline mode
This is a series of posts about my experience leveling up my Android development skills with Udacity's Nanodegree program. The entire series can be found under the udacity tag here. … »
Comparing Retrofit 2.0 vs. Volley
Executive summary: Retrofit 2 and Volley are both great networking libraries for modern Android apps, but each has its own strengths that are worth weighing for critical projects. Use Retrofit … »
Udacity Android Developer Nanodegree: Week 2
This is a series of posts about my experience leveling up my Android development skills with Udacity's Nanodegree program. The entire series can be found under the udacity tag here. … »
Udacity Android Developer Nanodegree: Week 1
Some exciting stuff has happened in the past week: I was offered a "scholarship" to participate in Udacity's Android Developer Nanodegree along with 999 other developers across India! Briefly, the … »
Delightful details: Lift-on-touch animation for CardView
Ever since Google Now introduced the playful cards UI on Android, cards have become a core UI component of the platform. With Material Design, cards were officially incorporated into Android's … »