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Keynote: Comedy Talk - Better Android Development (BAD)

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Talkat droidcon London 2022 · 2022-10-27..10-28· [android]

speakers

name:Ben Kadel
website:https://kardelio.github.io/
name:Viktor Stojanov
links:none on file

resources

video:https://youtu.be/_wphrNBNRY4
slides:none on file

summary

Claims a single giant file app where repositories, UI and services live together, a cardboard bad box to eliminate distractions, and a tongue-in-cheek Death Star architecture with an exhaust vent and “big gun” that survives any bug. Recommends manual-only testing, reports QA headcount falling from 18 to nearly zero and failing unit tests dropping to almost zero after removing tests, brags a Paint Calculator sale to Meta for $5 billion, and compares RXJava, Kotlin coroutines, Compose, ViewBinding and WebView-for-everything as the practical options used.

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chapters (12)

  1. 0:00Introduction and welcome
  2. 2:50Introducing the speakers
  3. 8:15The bad box for bad developers
  4. 10:04Single activity approach
  5. 12:08UI options ranked by OG
  6. 15:20Death Star architecture
  7. 20:17Async work and libraries
  8. 23:05Manual testing only
  9. 27:49Deterring QA testers
  10. 30:06Evil spirits in Android
  11. 31:52Cleansing workspace of demons
  12. 33:16Summary and closing

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