Android Memory Management and Process Death
Android apps design and architecture must explicitly account for the core memory management mechanisms inside Android OS described in this post.
My Personal Great and Terrible 2017
I’d like to summarize 2017 for me personally and the entire TechYourChance project, and share our goals and plans for 2018.
Why JetBrains Invented and Promotes Kotlin
Let’s discuss why JetBrains invested in development of Kotlin programming language and actively promotes it today.
StackOverflow as Indicator of Professional Growth
My thoughts about StackOverflow and other StackExchange sites, and many links to interesting content from a variety of fields
How to Choose List Data Page Size
Thorough discussion of factors that need to be taken into consideration when choosing size of the page for paged loading of data into lists.
Java vs Kotlin: Quantitative Analysis
Kotlin is being heavily marketed as a better version of Java. Let’s see how they stack against each other in quantitative comparison.
Naming things
Good naming is very important in software engineering. This article discusses the issues associated with two common generic names – “component” and “module”
Liskov Substitution Principle
Thorough discussion of Liskov Substitution Principle and review of Context hierarchy from Android Open Source Project through its prism.
Android Lifecycle Architecture Component Considered Harmful
My thoughts about the new Lifecycle Architecture Component. Unfortunately, I think that this framework will not resolve life-cycle issues, but will make Android framework even more complicated.
Android ViewModel Architecture Component Considered Harmful
My thoughts about the new ViewModel Architecture Component. In my opinion, it is completely unnecessary framework which is destined to share Loaders fate.