Fragmented - AI Developer Podcast

In this episode, Donn talks to software developer Alan Hill about the Growth Mindset and how it applies to software development and life in general. They chat about pull request feedback lifecycle, learning new tech, and how applying a growth mindset can advance you in your career further than you could have imagined. They wrap up by going through Fixed Mindset vs Growth Mindset "back and forth" t...

In this episode, Donn talks about the difference between working at a big tech company vs freelancing. There are many pro's and con's for each. What is best for you? Listen to the episode and find out. AndroidJobs. IO Job postings are FREE on AndroidJobs. IO during the early release phase (at the time of this recording). Sign up to get notified of new jobs on a weekly basis as well. AndroidJobs. I...

In this episode, Donn talks about the importance of following code conventions and coding styles in codebases. You'll run into various different coding conventions throughout your career. Sometimes it's as an employee, sometimes it's as a freelancer or consultant or just a small side project. The number of coding "styles" that you'll see will blow your mind as you work through your career. The big...

In this episode, Donn talks to David and Ross from Squeaky Dog Studios about building a business out of a side project. David and Ross are long-time serial side project developers with experience that dates back to the Palm era. They've built games, apps, and now Watch Faces. We dive deep into how they went from building their watch faces for Android as a side project and how they turned it into a...

In this episode, Donn talks about the three things that every developer needs to know how to do. These three things include: How to identify and stop premature optimization How to write tests and know the difference between unit, integration and end-to-end tests. How to set up a continuous integration server While there are vast arrays of other things all developers need to know how to do, and we...

In this episode, Donn answers a listener's question. The listener wanted to know how to choose what to learn next in Tech. Donn provides 6 tips (actually 7 if you count a hidden one) on how to pick what technology to learn next. He provides a simple framework that will help you check whether you should pursue a particular technology or not. Links from the show Startups for the Rest of Us Podcast R...

In this episode, Donn talks with Philipp Lackner about growing an online presence within the Software Industry with Instagram and YouTube. Shownotes You'll learn how Philipp went from 0 to over 80,000 followers on Instagram. This was done all organically by posting valuable content every single day to his feed. You'll also learn how he uses YouTube (as well as Instagram) as a marketing channel for...

In this episode Donn talks about why you need to learn React (or Flutter) - so you can truly understand the Unidirectional data flow pattern in a framework that was built for that purpose alone. Working with other frameworks which bolt on a custom unidirectional data flow is often hard to understand. When you work with React and learn how it works, the concept of Unidirectional data flow starts to...

In this episode, Donn talks with Mitch Tabian about Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile, also known as KMM. Mitch explains what KMM is, why he decided to use it, and how it works from a developer's perspective. The goal was to build an app and develop both the iOS and Android versions. Mitch talks about his experience in building a KMM app. We cover the pros and cons, what worked vs what did not, and his...

In this episode, Donn talks with Glenn Leifheit from Microsoft about a concept known as "Secure Development Lifecycle". Glenn is a Senior Security Program Manager at Microsoft. Glenn explains to you what the secure development lifecycle is, how it works and how you can implement something like this in your company. He also shares the top tips you can implement in order to get the quickest benefit...

This is the original story of how Uber was built ... this is a fascinating story. You don't want to miss this. Donn talks to Jason Roberts. Jason was chosen to be Uber's CTO when the company was in its infancy (but didn't accept the offer). Jason shares the story of developing the code that eventually ran Uber from a couple of cars to a highly distributed system with an impressive amount of rides....

In this episode, Donn outlines how you can optimize your home office so that you look, sound, and perform the best that you can. From audio to video, to your body, and everything beyond, it's covered here. Shownotes In this episode, Donn outlines how you can optimize your home office so that you look, sound, and perform the best that you can. From audio to video, to your body, and everything beyon...

In this episode, Donn talks with DevOps expert, Will Button about everything DevOps-related. If you're ever wondered how and what DevOps is, then listen in. Shownotes Will walks you through the definition of DevOps and how it's used in a company. You'll learn the 20% of DevOps you should know that will get you 80% of the benefit. You'll also learn about a bunch of automation technology that will h...

In this episode, Donn talks about the best way to learn a new technology from the ground up. Want to learn something new?  This episode is for you. You'll learn Donn's proven 5-step methodology for learning new technology. This is the same method Donn has used for over 2 decades of learning new technology. We hope it helps you. Shownotes The 5 Steps: Choose a Simple Problem Domain (Note Taking app...

In this episode, Donn returns for a solo episode to talk about his thoughts on Quality over Quantity and why it's important to software development and productivity in general.  Shownotes What is being "in Flow"? - Learn more   Contact @fragmentedcast or our Youtube channel @donnfelker and donnfelker (on Instagram)  Consulting for Mobile Developers (Donn's YouTube) kaushikgopal (on YouTube) or blo...

In this episode, we talk to acclaimed Android developer Joaquim Verges. He recently embarked on a journey of making is laptop not burn like a furnace when using Android Studio. He landed up on this unknown effort by Jetbrains called Projector and seems to have found programmer Nirvana. Listen to his adventures. Shownotes How to Run Android Studio on ANY Device With JetBrains Projector Mirakle Grad...

Anvil is a Kotlin compiler plugin that makes your life a tad bit easier when using Dagger 2. In this episode we talk to Ralf Wondratschek from Square who created the library and open sourced it for all of us. After touching on some of the basics, Ralf dives into the thinking behind Anvil and how it evolved into the tool it is today. It's filled with nuggets of wisdom especially if your app uses Da...

In episode 1 of Fragmented we talked about Testing. 200 episodes in, we decided it's a good time to do a state of the union for mobile testing. We talk with Valera Zakharov who's a Staff Engineer at Slack and considered one of the experts in the field of mobile testing. Hope you enjoy this one! Shownotes Espresso Testing with Android Android Test Orchestrator Flank : Fragemented Episode Bluepill :...

In our 200th episode, we talk about Serverless Programming. What is it? What's an example of a service I could build with Serverless Programming? What are the advantages or disadvantages? We talk about it all in this episode. Also, 🙏 for being listeners. We've stuck together for 200 of these. Kaushik & Donn are incredibly grateful to have you folks as listeners. Shownotes Heroku Platform as a Ser...

A tweet from a famous tech journalist about Android vs iOS spurs a storm. In this episode, Donn and Kaushik given their honest thoughts on iOS vs Android; and being developers for the platform. Shownotes KG's post - iPhones, Pixels and lazy Android developers Ben Thompson's tweet Donn's post - The Three Buckets (The Rule of Thirds) Garage Band - Apple iPhone app Reeder 4 - iOS RSS Reader app Cultu...

We're back and Fragmented is going Indie again. A quick episode on the future of Fragmented. New Artwork! Story on how Swapnil helped with our new artwork Contact @fragmentedcast or our Youtube channel @donnfelker and donnfelker (on Instagram) kaushikgopal (on YouTube) or blog.kaush.co or @kaushikgopal

We interrupt our regular programming for this extremely important message. We stand with our black sisters and brothers against the evil that is racism. The recent events of police brutality and oppression against black people have been truly horrifying. Please take the time to listen to the audio snippet on the #BlackLivesMatter movement from today's episode. It is a TedX talk by the far more elo...

OK, If you really want to know how git works, this is the episode for you. KG talks with his longtime colleague and mentor Gordon McCreight. Gordon is a wiz in general but his knowledge of git goes deep. So in this episode, KG goes solo and really dives in-depth about how git works. Buckle up and listen on; you'll come out on the outer side with a much sounder understanding of git . Shownotes Plum...

In this episode, we chat with friend of the show Leland Richardson. Leland is a main contributor to Jetpack Compose. But in this episode, we pepper him with questions on how he came to the position he's in viz. a reputed Software Engineer contributing to probably the most cutting edge library in development for Android. This was a treat and inspiring episode! Listen on: Shownotes Jetpack Compose w...

Have you ever gone on on-call rotations for your company? What is on-call? How to operate a successful on-call strategy? What does on-call for mobile mean? What are some tools and resources to help with on-call rotations? In this episode Donn and Kaushik dive into these topics. Shownotes Firebase Crashlytics Rollbar Integration Ops Genie Pager Duty Statuspage.io Status.io Keyboard Maestro Good res...