Kshitij Aggarwal
@funkyidol01.bsky.social
#EngineeringManager at @LetsEnvision. Accessibility Expert & Advocate. Google Play Awards 2019 winner. @gdg_nd Speaker. Blogger. Seeker. Android developer
I moved my writing to a place I control: funkyidol.in Goals: own the blog on my domain + one link for writing/projects + a durable archive. Built with Hugo, hosted on Cloudflare. If you have 2 minutes: what should I improve first (nav, readability, a11y)? #Android #Accessibility
Kshitij Aggarwal
Engineering Manager building accessibility first products, specializing in smart glasses and Android.
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Compose Multiplatform 1.10.0 is out! 🎉 What’s new: ✨ Common @Preview annotation 🧭 Support for Navigation 3 on non-Android targets 🔥 Stable and bundled Compose Hot Reload Learn more: https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2026/01/compose-multiplatform-1-10-0/
Compose Multiplatform 1.10.0: Unified @Preview, Navigation 3, and Stable Compose Hot Reload | The Kotlin Blog
Compose Multiplatform 1.10.0 has been released with common @Preview annotation, support for Navigation 3 on non-Android targets, and bundled stable Compose Hot Reload.
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GPT-5.2 is out, and the coding benchmarks are 5% up on average 5% might not sound significant but remember this is 3rd update in just 1 year. These small update keep compounding month on month. openai.com/index/introd...
Introducing GPT-5.2
The most advanced frontier model for professional work and long-running agents.
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With this news, we will see greater interoperability between coding agents and better standardization. arstechnica.com/ai/2025/12/b... For the uninitiated, AGENTS .md file is the instructions that you give to CLI agents to give them warm start to the project and also drive predictable behaviour.
Big Tech joins forces with Linux Foundation to standardize AI agents
The Agentic AI Foundation launches to support MCP, AGENTS.md, and goose.
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Today marks 7 years at Envision AI. When I joined as the first hire, my world was simple: Fix the Android app. Code. Repeat. It was pure dev work. 7 years later, I’ve evolved into an Engineering Manager. The team has grown, but the energy is the same: heads-down work for a mission that matters.
Using Navigation 3 with Compose Multiplatform #KMP #CMP johnoreilly.dev/posts/naviga...
Using Navigation 3 with Compose Multiplatform
Navigation 3 is a new Compose based navigation library from Google that’s designed with ease of use and flexibility in mind. With Navigation 3, you have full control over your back stack, and navigati...
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Jetpack Navigation 3 is stable! 🎉🎉🎉 Leaning into Jetpack Compose and the idea of combining smaller building blocks together really helped make Nav3 a much more flexible library that made it a joy to work on and hopefully for you to use as well! android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/jetp...
Jetpack Navigation 3 is stable
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.
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New Blog Alert: Moving away from Gitflow and Feature Branches dev.to/funkyidol/mo... #AndroidDev #DevProcess
Moving Away from Gitflow and Feature Branches
Intro As the title suggests, this post is a case study on how Gitflow and traditional...
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AI won’t replace software engineers, but it will expose the ones who never learned to think like engineers. Tools can speed you up, but if your thinking’s wrong, AI just gets you to the wrong place faster. Engineering still matters.
📝 Prefer a quick read? Check out the recap: kotl.in/conf25unpacked
KotlinConf 2025 Unpacked: Upcoming Language Features, AI-Powered Development, and Kotlin Multiplatform Upgrades | The Kotlin Blog
KotlinConf 2025 unveiled major updates that set the tone for the year ahead: new features, AI tools, KMP milestones, and a partnership for the backend.
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I want this self sufficiency in my life. Do what you want to make yourself happy and stay healthy, world be damned 😀😀
WeRateDogs@weratedogs.com · last yr.This is Duncan. He is a professional barkour athlete. Please do not try this at home. 13/10
I do something similar but with 36 keys. 3 keys on each thumb. I have never been able to touch type on a standard keyboard but on this I can spend hours typing without ever looking down. TBH there is nothing to look down on since I use blank keycaps like the author here 😁😃 #ergomech
Hacker News Top Stories@hackernewsbot.bsky.social · last yr.Programming on 34 Keys (2022) | Discussion
Just finished the season 4 of Love, Death & Robots on Netflix. This season somehow felt very weak on storytelling. None of the episodes had any lasting impact in neither in story, animation or emotional feel. Previous seasons had at least a few episodes per season which I would watch again.
If you load this page it contacts 82 IP addresses executing 256 separate HTTP transactions to download 18MB of data writing 64 cookies to your device to tell you “no”
I really feel KMP is on the path of true multiplatform-ness that React, Flutter et'al couldn't do. Reinforced by the support Google is showing including thousands of Dev's improving it and adopting it, it's now becoming a reality to have a true write once - use anywhere code base.
Ben Trengrove@bentrengrove.dev · last yr.There are a lot of amazing KMP talks coming out right now but here is our talk from I/O! Dustin and I give an update on our latest KMP releases and then explain the build setup for an Android KMP app. youtu.be/gP5Y-ct6QXI?...
Our #IO25 talk on how to build more accessible apps with Compose is out! 🥳 Lots of tips on choosing appropriate semantics, merging, clearing & hiding, inspection & debug, accessibility checks in tests 🫶 Check it out ☺️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=80qk...
Build more accessible UIs with Jetpack Compose
YouTube video by Android Developers
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Simple things that sometimes get overlooked but might impact negatively any time.
@marcinmoskala.bsky.social · last yr.Updates to MutableStateFlow should be made using the update function; otherwise, conflicts might cause some updates to be lost.
Updates to MutableStateFlow should be made using the update function; otherwise, conflicts might cause some updates to be lost.
Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.
Building upon Material You, this evolution brings: • Enhanced customisation • Dynamic, action-based animations • Playful and expressive UI elements Plus, a suite of ready-to-use defaults to speed up development while offering greater design variability. m3.material.io/blog/buildin... #GoogleIO25
M3 Expressive: Engaging UX Design
Discover Material Design's latest update: M3 Expressive for more engaging and user-friendly products.
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I was a bit nervous about wearing the t-shirt I chose for this video. And the comments are exactly what you would expect (but I appreciate those who replied to those comments) youtu.be/BNuFZjM61To
How Smart Devs Use AI Tools Every Day
YouTube video by Modern Software Engineering
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The insight of a 10-chapter book, packed into a tight little blog post. The ‘fear’ advice slaps.
Principles of software development
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🎉 The new Kotlin Multiplatform for IntelliJ IDEA and Android Studio! ✨ Integrated New Project wizard 🔍 Preflight checks 🔧 Multiplatform run configurations 🧭 Cross-language support 🎨 Compose Multiplatform support 🔥 Compose Hot Reload Learn more blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2025/...
Kotlin Multiplatform Tooling: Now in IntelliJ IDEA and Android Studio | The Kotlin Blog
The new KMP plugin for IntelliJ IDEA and Android Studio simplifies every part of the KMP experience, from project setup to Compose UI previews.
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Don't use Gson on Android. Use Kotlin Serialization instead. It relies on code generation instead of reflection. This helps avoid optimization related crashes and faster app performance. github.com/google/gson?... github.com/Kotlin/kotli...
It’s #GAAD—Global Accessibility Awareness Day. I recently met a man who had lost his vision. He was re-learning life. Things like unlocking a phone or finding a cup were suddenly challenges. I’ve worked in accessibility for years—but this made it personal.
