Google: You no longer can opt out of device orientation in Android 17. We now offer you the new convenient derivedMediaQuery API.

Also Google: it's a compose experimental API.....

Typical Google just forcing stuff on us without providing stable tools. And then surprised Pikachu face why people find Android large screen devices worse than iPads. Maybe if you would provide us with good enough stable tools earlier, people would be able to fix their apps in time.

#AndroidDev

Also, when you change jobs, don't just stop saying no during the notice period. People will notice that you stopped caring and will know you've quit, unless that is your intention of course. Also, not practicing the skill degrades it, so it's still worth caring, even if you don't really.

Every time you feel pressured by management to compromise and cut corners with the software you're building, ask yourself. Can I live with this state of the system when one day those managers are fired and you get a new manager who's even more desperate to deliver in a tech debt environment? If not, then find a way to build good software despite the pressure. Learning to say no in a professional, polite and emphatic way is one of the most important skills to develop as an engineer.

If you are a manager of an IT product and you consider replacing customer support with AI cause they can't keep up with handling issues, you might instead want to fix your product so that customers don't have problems with it. Follow me for more common sense management tips.

If you want to make your mark in a meeting but have nothing to contribute to the ongoing discussion, try one of these:

"What about AI?"
"Can AI help here?"
"Will this support AI?"
"Is this AI ready?"
"Could AI solve this instead?"

This will make you come across as technically savvy and forward thinking, not as an embarrassing waste of space.

Me in 2025: "Maybe the future is the open web, not apps on stores by Google and Apple"
Firefox: "Lol, we own what you type now"
Me: "Okay, nevermind"

polyfill.io was crazy huh, we just let a third party run any JS without even checking integrity. lol

anyway please add this snippet for google tag manager, marketing needs it

Just use Firefox :)

Yo @friendlymike , is there a dashboard or something showing the how the costs vs. donations is going? Just so we know if the 1,50 is enough.

Not sure which country people love most to wait in line for simple things like coffee or ice cream, but definitely here in Germany we're on one of the top places.