@rakyll I had this happen to me recently when I decided...

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@rakyll I had this happen to me recently when I decided to show the Android developer community how I build small and fast Android apps. It broke many people's logic because "your code is so simple and straightforward, really refreshing" but "you aren't using the best practices which means it's an unmaintainable mess in case a team of 50 developers (49 of them junior) needs to work on it".

Like 24 April at 13:10 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.social

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mike805

@grishka @rakyll The good thing about small and simple apps is you don't need an entire zoo full of monkeys to maintain them. Are you using Compose or regular XML definitions?

25 April at 2:30 | Open on noc.social

Gregory

@mike805 @rakyll XML. And I don't use Kotlin or any libraries written in it.

25 April at 2:47 | Open on mastodon.social

mike805

@grishka @rakyll After my experiences with Kotlin and Compose, which basically consisted of trying to beat it into submission so it would do what it was told, I am inclined to go back and learn the XML approach if I want to write another app.

It wound up about 3.5 MB, which isn't TOO bad, but I think it could be smaller without Compose. I saw a 100+ MB app for a connected light bulb, which earned the bulb a bad Amazon review.

25 April at 7:36 | Open on noc.social

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