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Saket Narayan

@saket.me

Android @ Square • he/him 🌎 https://saket.me/ 📍 Waterloo, Canada

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Saket Narayan@saket.me · 4mo ago

Google Keep's recent update offloaded reminders to Google Tasks, and it's been such a massive downgrade because they constantly go out of sync. I loved Keep, but I'll have to switch. What are people using these days to manage their todos?

Saket Narayan@saket.me · 4mo ago

It's interesting how clearly Google vs Apple shows up in something as small as virtual devices frames. iOS simulator: sharp, natively rendered Android emulator: transparent PNG, rough corners with jagged edges

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Matt McKenna@mmckenna.me · 5mo ago

Today I’m open-sourcing Dejavu! Testing UI performance in Jetpack Compose is frustrating. We profile and watch tools, yet regressions still creep in. I built Dejavu to make recomposition behavior something you can actually test.

A screenshot of code that reads: // Create a Recomposition Tracking Rule @get:Rule val composeTestRule = createRecompositionTrackingRule() @Test fun incrementCounter_onlyValueRecomposes() { // Perform an action composeTestRule.onNodeWithTag("inc_button") .performClick() // Assert that Composables change like you expect composeTestRule.onNodeWithTag("counter_value") .assertRecompositions(exactly = 1) // Or assert that they remain stable composeTestRule.onNodeWithTag("counter_title") .assertStable() // asserts recompositions = 0 }
Pablo Baxter@pablobaxter.com · 5mo ago

Please don't boycott OSS... Follow the authors, maintainers, and contributors to them, as many of them will continue to support their projects regardless of the company they go to. Also, if you can, sponsor these individuals too! Many of them have links for sponsorship on their Github profiles.

P-Y@p-y.wtf · 5mo ago

Given this, calls for boycotting Square OSS are stupid. It's disrespectful to the hard work all these ex-Square engs have done. It won't hurt Square the company in any meaningful way, it just makes a bunch of your Android peers sad.

P-Y@p-y.wtf · 5mo ago

What happens to Square / Block Android OSS projects post layoffs? Let's start with some context OSS at Square is mostly a happy accident. Jack hired Bob, who's job was attracking world class engineers, and he did that through talks & OSS.

Saket Narayan@saket.me · 5mo ago

Most of you have heard about Block's 40% layoffs by now, but the numbers are even worse. Engineering was hit harder, we've lost close to 70% of our engineers. Our leadership is plagued by false promises of "intelligence". The company you once knew as a prolific OSS contributor no longer exists.

Saket Narayan@saket.me · 7mo ago

After six beautiful years in Kitchener-Waterloo, we are moving to Seattle. Grateful for the people and memories that made this place home. Hoping it feels like home too.

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Bridget Phillips@jingibus.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I hope that every programmer I know reads and internalizes this pronto. A foundational document for LLMs in engineering practice. Much here should be obvious, but depending on your POV you will find crucial guidance here in one place or another

Bryan Cantrill@bcantrill.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I have put together a (long overdue!) draft RFD on using LLMs at @oxide.computer, but I know that there is a ton more to be said on the topic; thoughts and experiences welcome! rfd.shared.oxide.computer/rfd/0576