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"We're moving on up, to a deluxe apartment in the sky"

Although Kotlin’s syntax is easy to pick up for a Java developer, it takes some time and practice in order to be able to write idiomatic code and effectively translate some of the widely-used patterns on Android development to Kotlin.

R8 does all of shrinking, desugaring and dexing in one step. When comparing to the current code shrinking solution, Proguard, R8 shrinks the code faster while improving the output size.

iSH is a project that aims to bring a Linux shell to iOS devices using a usermode x86 emulator.

Developers can now prompt users to update their app when they use it.

Gorilla Player is a free XAML previewer for Xamarin.Forms designed to efficiently create multi-platform UIs. It supports previewing in multiple simulators and real devices simultaneously.

Developing on Android feels increasingly like taking aim at a target that moves every time you think you have it in your sights.

The second update release to Swift of 2018, Swift 4.2 introduces some great improvements to the language. Read this post to learn how they can help you write even better code.

You didn't need that dignity anyway

All this, and rockets too

"Help, help, I'm being repressed!"

As good a time to start as any

"Unintended anomaly" is my next go-to excuse

Cities that paid for this expansion also bought...

IPoAC finally getting it's due?

It's looking more and more Python-like all the time

Finally, those Linux developers will have a REAL programming language

Updates aren't just for those new-fangled languages

... the earth is orbiting the sun?

Have you challenged yourself yet?

It's called a cache?

To levels of, "works in theory, just needs a complete rewrite to work" levels of 'improve'