Unsurprisingly, when discussing take-home assignments for coding interviews, much of the focus is put on code. Can you code? Are you using "best practices?" What tools are you using?. There's lots of code-related things that people think about, or even stress about.

Unfortunately, non-coding tips for coding interview assignments don't get talked about nearly as much. And, in my experience, there are a lot of non-coding things we can do to put our best foot forward and impress a hiring committee with our take-home assignment.

Chapters
00:00 Teaser
00:46 Coding Gets All The Discussion
01:26 Non-Coding Tips For Takehome Assignments
01:46 Telling Your Story
02:28 A Unique Opportunity
03:06 Making A Positive First Impression
03:49 Leveraging Project Metadata
04:12 Filling Out GitHub Project Information
05:06 Include A Project README
05:59 Clearly Organize Your Project
07:01 Ensuring A Positive First Time User Experience
07:32 Make Sure Your Project Doesn't Crash
08:30 Impress With UI Polish
12:37 Use Consistent Styles & Conventions
13:52 Don't Skip The Basics
15:07 Documentation Is Key
16:12 Document Your Thought Process
17:38 Documentation Comes In Many Forms
19:46 Telling Your Story
20:59 Wrapping Up
Show Notes
Material Design Color ToolMaterial Design Grid
Android Ripple Animation
Architectural Decision Records
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There's a lot of questions around "Kotlin vs Flutter" but comparing those two directly isn't really an accurate comparison. Comparing Kotlin Multiplatform to Flutter is much more interesting.
In this week's episode, we're going to compare Kotlin Multiplatform and Flutter. We'll explore their unique philosophies, where they excel, the challenges of each, and hopefully give you a better sense of why they don't necessarily directly compete with one another.
Chapters
00:00 Teaser
02:05 Common Questions Comparing Flutter & Kotlin
03:31 Comparing Flutter To Kotlin Multiplatform
04:02 The Philosophies Of Flutter & Kotlin Multiplatform
05:43 Languages & Tooling
06:56 Supported Platforms
08:19 Production Read Supported Platforms
13:03 Who Is Using These Technologies?
15:46 Integrating Into An Existing Application
18:08 Developing A New App
22:20 Job Market For Each Technology
24:52 Learning Resources
26:28 Which Is Easier To Learn?
27:52 Framework Maturity
30:11 When To Use One Or The Other?
31:59 Wrapping Up
Show Notes

• https://goobar.io/kotlin-vs-flutter-are-you-comparing-them-fairly/
• Announcing Flutter 2 - https://developers.googleblog.com/2021/03/announcing-flutter-2.html
• Kotlin Multiplatform Supported Platforms - https://kotlinlang.org/docs/mpp-supported-platforms.html
• Apps Using Flutter - https://flutter.dev/showcase
• Teams Using Kotlin Multiplatform - https://kotlinlang.org/lp/mobile/case-studies/
• Flutter Supported Platforms - https://flutter.dev/docs/development/tools/sdk/release-notes/supported-platforms#how-we-define-a-supported-platform
• Add Flutter To Existing App - https://flutter.dev/docs/development/add-to-app
• Create a Kotlin Multiplatform Library - https://kotlinlang.org/docs/mpp-create-lib.html

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This week, I want to talk about app security; specifically mobile app security; and being really, really specific Android app security; though the concepts will apply equally as well to iOS applications.
App security is something that is vitally important to business and individuals that are possibly working with customer data, working with 3rd party services, or even working with your own services.
Now while these security issues are serious, there also seems to be a rather glaring lack of security-focused information and discussion out there.
So in this episode, I want to chat through a high-level overview of Android app security and some action items to help improve your project's security today.
We'll talk about ways to improve your app; your source code; and your infrastructure.
Chapters
0:00 Teaser
0:43 Overview
3:41 Intro
4:02 Why Is App Security Important?
5:38 How Can We Minimize Security Risks?
8:26 Minimizing Risk From Our App
8:59 Obfuscating Our Code
14:11 Securing API Keys
19:24 Protecting Network Traffic
24:45 Protecting User Data
28:01 Securing Your Developer Identity
35:00 Securing Your Source Code
38:25 Protecting Your Development Machine
40:28 Securing Your CI Infrastructure
42:41 In SummaryResources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obfuscation_(software)
• https://developer.android.com/studio/build/shrink-code#obfuscate
• https://r8.googlesource.com/r8
• https://developer.android.com/training/articles/security-config
• https://developer.android.com/studio/publish/app-signing#secure_key
• https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/encrypted-secrets

Contact
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Developer "scores" and assessments can be motivating and a fun gamification element for some. However, for others, they can be discouraging and misleading.
In this episode, I'm sharing some of my thoughts on why I think these kind of developer "scores" are more trouble than they are worth.
Chapters
00:00 Teaser
00:42 Intro
01:09 What Are Developer Scores?
02:09 What Is The Purpose Of Developer Scores?
03:19 What's The Problem With Developer Scores?
03:58 Scores Are Unreliable - Gaming The System
04:31 Discouraging - Compaison To Others
05:31 Potential For Harm
06:06 Scores Speak To A Need For Validation
07:23 In Summary
Show Notes
Google's Modern Android Development Score
https://developer.android.com/modern-android-development/scorecard
Pluralsight's Android Associate Developer Assessment
https://app.pluralsight.com/score/skill-assessment/android-associate-developer
Contact
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Why share your work? Why take that risk and put yourself out there?

Well, it's because there are a lot of very positive things that come out of the process of sharing. From improved skills, to unexpected opportunities, to more effective conversations and documents at work - sharing can help us in many ways.

Listen to this week's podcast episode to learn more about why you should think about sharing your work.

Chapters

01:59 Improve Our Communication Skills
02:55 Learn to tell stories with your work
03:47 Better understand the needs of project stakeholders
05:00 Leads to interesting conversations
05:40 What if I'm wrong?
07:15 Unexpected opportunities
09:33 Helping Others