Programming Hard publishes practical, opinionated articles on Android and Kotlin app development, with a focus on testing and Gradle build setup. Each issue works through code examples to explain why common practices cause problems and what to do instead.
Website: https://programminghard.dev/
Technical posts on Kotlin and Jetpack Compose from an experienced Android engineer, covering layout theory, text field internals and state management. Readers get in-depth explanations of how Compose works under the hood, along with talk slides and companion articles.
A developer-focused blog covering Android development, screenshot testing, and Compose tooling, with practical walkthroughs of fixing flaky tests and preview naming. The sample also includes a personal essay about a lost laptop that promotes a simple backup routine.
A developer's blog-style newsletter with hands-on Android engineering tutorials, currently covering screenshot testing with Paparazzi, Git LFS in CI, and building agentic skills for LLMs. Readers get step-by-step walkthroughs with practical advice on when and how to apply each technique.
A developer blog covering Android and Kotlin Multiplatform engineering, with hands-on write-ups of real problems such as securing APIs with mTLS, customizing Coil 3 image loading and testing Paging3. Posts include code samples and explain the reasoning behind each technical decision.
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