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I guess she does’t wanna see how I’m going to struggle with updating dependencies in my Kotlin Multiplatform pet project 🥲

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Improving video playback with ExoPlayer. By Alexey Bykov #AndroidDev proandroiddev.com/improving-vide…

It was a very challenging 6 months for our Android video team at Reddit, with a lot of ups and downs. I’ve just submitted a talk for droidcon NYC to share it.

My talk has been accepted, yey!

Don't miss Alexey Bykov hit the #dcnyc24 stage 🍎 In this #Android talk, discover how Reddit, Inc. improved video rendering by 30%. Learn key metrics, player management, & performance tips. nyc.droidcon.com/alexey-bykov/

Just landed in NYC, and the weather is great today. I've prepared 220 slides about ExoPlayer and all the things you can do with it— I'd be happy to have you join my talk this Friday! #dcnyc24

So you think you understand modifier order in Compose? Play this game and find out! marcinmoskala.com/ModifierOrderG…

got some tea with a bit of the gradle build cache!

I haven't touched my KMM pet project for about a year and going to update the dependencies now. Wish me luck! :)

Was about to add UUID to my KMM project and thought "okay, probably need some 3rd party library". Nice surprise — it's already in Kotlin stdlib for quite some time! kotlinlang.org/api/core/kotli…

After trying twice in 2022 and 2024, I finally made it: I've been promoted to a Staff Software Engineer at Reddit, Inc.!

If you’re still on an old ExoPlayer version, now is a good time to update. After updating to 1.5.1, we saw a 14% improvement in loading time. Also, 1.6.0 and newer versions improve LoadControl settings for short playbacks: It will require ~60% less buffered data to start a

I've just published our second blog post about video performance and stability with ExoPlayer and how we approach it at Reddit. reddit.com/r/RedditEng/co…

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Anvil is deprecated 😱 github.com/square/anvil/i…