Kaushik Gopal, Iury Souza
Fragmented - AI Developer Podcast
Fragmented is an AI developer podcast for engineers who want to go beyond vibe coding and ship real software. We cover AI-assisted development the way working engineers actually use it: prompting strategies, code review, testing, debugging, workflows, and building production-grade software with AI tools. No hype. No "I shipped a SaaS in a weekend" stories. Just tactics that work. Hosted by Kaushik Gopal and Iury Souza — software engineers using AI daily to build and ship real products. From vibe coding to software engineering — one episode at a time. Our goal: help you use AI to become a bette...
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Apr 14, 2026
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194: Polyglot programmers 🐙 13.04.2020 33:37
What are Polyglot programmers, should you be one? Listen to this episode and find out! Shownotes KG's youtube screencast awk programming language Smart and Gettings Things Done : Joel Sposky Ep #119: Flutter with GDE Eugenio Marletti Learning Ruby: Why's poignant GUIDE to Ruby Sponsors 🙏 Educative.io Learn and practice Android development from inside your browser. Visit Educative.io/Fragmented to...
193: Working from Home - Pandemic on hard mode 🏡 06.04.2020 55:49
Well, the world took a crazy turn and everyone's working from home now. How do you work from home? An experienced developer who's done this before talks to a newbie and discuss their thoughts. Shownotes Maker's schedule vs Manager's schedule git commit --allow-empty -m "todo: listen to fragmented" -m "send KG & DF tweet" git squash & merge Instacart.com Autonomous AI Sm...
192: What is your backup strategy? 📼 17.03.2020 29:24
Wordpress title : 192: What is your backup strategy? 📼 permalink : 192 In this episode, we talk about what a good backup strategy looks like and the different kinds of data you should be backing up. Stay safe and think about your backup strategies. Shownotes 3-2-1 Backup Rule The 3-2-1 Backup Strategy The 3-2-1 Backup Rule – An Efficient Data Protection Strategy Why 3-2-1 Backup Sucks Backup Soft...
191: Logging 🌲 09.03.2020 49:53
Today we talk about logging. When to log, how to log, what to log - our thoughts on the subject. Shownotes GDPR Android Logging priorities LogDna [Loggly](https://www.loggly.com/lp-loggly-general/ Datadog Papertrail Android logging: Timber by Jake JS Logging: Winston Google - libphonenumber Fragmented Podcast Episode #145: Tracking Network Requests With x-Request-ID Sponsors 🙏 Square Check out th...
190: The Privacy of *********** 24.02.2020 33:12
In this episode, Donn and KG talk about the post Tim Bray recently wrote - Why Google did Android . They then touch on Chrome becoming a monopoly and tips on what folks can do to be a little more privacy conscious on the web. Shownotes Why Google did Android KG privacy notes 2019 -> 2020 DuckDuck Bang syntax Google Chromium and Ad-blocking Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions...
189: The 2038 Problem 17.02.2020 31:10
We've all heard of the Y2K problem , but there's also a similar coming up this 2038 for us programmers. In this episode we dive into the 2038 problem (... after of course talking about our opinions on new year resolutions). Get 1% better every day folks... Listen here: Shownotes KG's 2020 New Year Resolution blog post The Year 2000 problem The Year 2038 problem The Leap Year as Explained by Neil d...
188: Containerized applications with Docker 03.02.2020 1:04:19
Shownotes In this episode KG and Donn talk about KG's recent jaunt with Docker. In the attempt to setup continuous deployment for his blog, KG explains his simple requirement and how it lands up requiring some basic Docker. Donn then closes it out with some interesting in-depth knowledge on how to use Docker Personal website hosting Donn Felker Kaushik's website html-proofer Wordpress jekyll stati...
187: Coroutines with Manuel Vivo & Sean McQuillan 21.01.2020 1:05:11
It finally happens! KG and Donn talk about Coroutines with two experts at Google Manuel & Sean. We've waited quite sometime on Fragmented to discuss this topic. We wanted to make sure Coroutines was mature enough to be compared with the contenders. Listen to find out more! Resources Chris Banes - Suspending over Views Animations & CoRoutines KotlinConf 2018: Exploring coRoutines in Kotlin...
186: Announcement 2020 06.01.2020 11:27
In this episode, Donn and Kaushik talk about some changes coming down the pipe for the podcast and what it means in the long run. Want to know what the changes are? Well, you're going to have to listen to the show... click play and listen away. Once again, thank you all for joining us on this journey, it's been a fun and wild one. Contact Discord chat or @fragmentedcast or our Youtube channel @don...
185: Year End Decompress 16.12.2019 58:17
In this decompress episode, Donn and KG talk about how their 2019 went. It goes from Dagger talk to Kotlin talk to Kotlin Conf talk. Give it a listen and enjoy! Sponsors 🙏 Square Square has SDKs and APIs to make payments and run a business. Even better, Square has a new YouTube channel for developers! Check out Square's new YouTube Channel for Developers at youtube.com/squaredev and let them know...
184: Should I use a BaseActivity in my Android apps? 02.12.2019 23:25
In this episode, Kaushik tries to talk through this question. Thanks to friends of the show Jeroen , Yigit and a bunch of others who ran through some ideas on this one. Application.registerActivityLifecycleCallbacks Android X Lifecycle Component Ep 16: Favor composition over inheritance Sponsors 🙏 Square Square has SDKs and APIs to make payments and run a business. Even better, Square has a new Y...
183: The Testing Paradox 25.11.2019 19:56
How do you know what to test when you don't even know how to write the code that you need to test? This is a paradox that many developers find themselves in daily. In this episode Donn talks about his strategy for dealing with unknowns in programming, namely around testing and how to figure out how to write tests for new code that might be difficult, unfamiliar or even legacy code. Links Ron Jeffe...
182: Where do I put DB objects in a modularized Android app? 18.11.2019 27:34
App Modularization has plenty of benefits and a lot of Android devs today are starting to modularize their android app. A common problem though that most folks will start to run into is - how do you manage your database objects in these modules? do you create a single module with all your database dependencies (modularize by layer), do you do the right thing and modularize by feature so each modul...
181: In Functional Programming how to do IO and database operations 13.11.2019 22:00
In the world of Functional programming where pure functions don't encourage side-effects, how does on actually do any IO? So in this brave new world where everyone is adopting more FP principles, do we just stop doing database operations? Listen to this episode to find out. Functional Programming basics Ep 83 : Learning the basics of functional programing with Anup Cowkur Ep 120 : Functional Progr...
180: Code Comments 04.11.2019 15:20
In this episode of Fragmented, Donn talks about when it's appropriate to comment your code. Donn then dives into the types of code comments, when you might want to comment vs when you might not want to (depending upon your consumer) and then gets into how he decides to comment his code with a simple two-step process. Enjoy! Things Mentioned Commenting Code Post Sponsors Bitrise Build amazing apps...
179: Kaushiks Top Tips For Giving A Technical Talk 28.10.2019 42:08
In this episode of Fragmented, Kaush breaks down how he begins creating and writing technical talks, using a talk he's about to give at the Mobilization Conference. Enjoy! Things Mentioned Mobilization conference - KG is about to give a talk at Post it notes pic1 pic 2 My Speakerdeck San Jose Theme Nick Butcher - speakerdeck Cyril Motier - speakerdeck Sponsors Vettery Vettery is an online hiring m...
178: Learning New Languages 14.10.2019 35:25
As Android developers we know Java and now Kotlin. But to become even more seasoned developers, learning newer languages can be a level booster. The list can go on and on, especially if you've been in the industry awhile. So, when does it make sense for you to learn a new language? When should you learn a new language? When does it make sense? How do you do it? In this episode KG and Donn discuss...
177: Over-Engineered Code 07.10.2019 31:03
How do you know if some code is over-engineered? What does that even look like? How do you know if you're over-engineering the code that you're writing? What if you recently started at a new company, how do you know if the code you're working with is over-engineered? In this episode, Kaushik and Donn go back and forth on this topic ... Sponsor This episode is sponsored by Instabug - Understand How...
176: Kotlin's !! Operator is a Code Smell 30.09.2019 15:59
Kotlin isn't a magic bullet that prevents NullPointerExceptions. Not at all. What Kotlin does do is force you to think about how you want to handle your nulls. through Kotlin forcing you to think this through, the hope is that you'll avoid NullPointerExceptions. The only problem is, Kotlin has the !! operator, also known as the "Not Null Assertion Operator". This operator basically says...
175: Kotlin or Java - Which one should you learn? 23.09.2019 19:47
One question that Kaushik and I get all the time is this ... I'm starting to learn how to build Android apps, which language should I learn? Kotlin or Java? In this episode Donn answers this question and gives valid points on why both languages are valid options and why you might want to consider one over the other. He provides caveats to why you might want to use one language over another and som...
174: Testing RxJava, Debugging and More 02.09.2019 40:19
Kaushik is back in this weeks podcast. 🎉 Donn and Kaushik talk about testing RxJava streams with a Kotlin extension method and how and when to test various scenarios. Donn talks about his thoughs on the Testing Pyramid and why he think's its incorrect and how you can help shift your thinking in regards to it. They then talk about IDE themes and how the theme can help you with your day to day deve...
173: What Pattern Should I Use - MVP, MVVM, MVI ...? 26.08.2019 13:00
This week Donn talks about what pattern you should use when developing your application. Is it MVP? MVVM? Mabye MVI? Perhaps it's something else. Find out in this episode. We hope you enjoy ... Shownotes Patters MVP Pattern MVVM Pattern MVI Pattern MvRx Clean Arhictecture Mocking Out the API in Espresso MockWebServer Course WireMock Android Contact Discord chat or @fragmentedcast or our Youtube ch...
172: Coil Image Loading Library with Colin White 12.08.2019 57:25
In this episode Donn and Kaushik sit down with Instacart Engineer Colin White to discuss a new image library he has created called Coil. Coil is a Kotlin-first image library that focuses on ease of use, simplicity and extensibility. In this episode we ask him the question you're probably wondering ... "Why create an image library, isn't this a solved problem already?" and then move onto...
171: Jetpack Compose with Leland Richardson 29.07.2019 1:11:35
This week Donn and Kaushik talk to Leland Richardson from the Android team at Google about Jetpack Compose. Jetpack Compose is declarative component-based UI runtime for Android. With compose you can build your UI with functions in Kotlin to easily "compose" what your UI would look like. We dive deep in this episode. We talk about the background and influence React had on the project, we...
170: Developer Growth - Public Speaking 23.07.2019 32:32
In this episode, Donn talks about public speaking and how it can help you grow your career. He dives in by telling a story of his first speaking engagement and how he was riddled with fear, insecurity, doubt and anxiety. He then talks about why speaking can help you grow your career and life leaps and bounds. He wraps up with possible things you can speak about when starting out as well as where y...
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