239: Require PR Reviews with CODEOWNERS

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In this short episode, Donn talks about the CODEOWNERS file and how it can help you ensure teams review the code that they are responsible for before merging.

The CODEOWNERS file is a file that you drop into the root of your project (or into the /docs or .github/ directory) that tells GitHub (or whatever git host you’re using) to require a review for any code changes that match the patterns as defined in the CODEOWNERS file. You’ll specify a matching pattern and users, or teams that own that pattern of files and they will be required to review the PR before it can be merged. This helps prevent unwanted changes to files that may or may not be owned by one team or another. This is useful as teams grow larger and need more control over the changes in their application codebase.

Links

Donn’s Git Course

Need to learn Git? Donn has the course for you. In this FREE course you’ll learn everything you need to know in order to start working with Git everyday. Watch it here.

AndroidJobs.IO

  • Job postings are FREE on AndroidJobs.IO during the early release phase (at the time of this recording).
  • Sign up to get notified of new jobs on a weekly basis as well.
  • AndroidJobs.IO

Software Freelancing

Contact

@fragmentedcast or our Youtube channel

@donnfelker and donnfelker (on Instagram)

Freelancing for Mobile Developers (Donn’s YouTube)

kaushikgopal (on YouTube) or jkl.gg/b or @kaushikgopal

Disclaimer: Many of the links we share to products are affiliate links. They help support the production of Fragmented. Thank you for your support.

238: How to Land a Job (if you got laid off or if you’re just starting out)

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In this episode, Donn talks about the tips and tricks he’s used over the last 20 years of consulting, freelancing and working full time to find jobs and new opporftunities. We’re hoping some of these tips help those affected by the recent tech layoffs.

These are tips that Donn still uses to this day. They work wonders to help you land a job quickly when you do them.

The tips:

  1. Update your LinkedIn Profile and Build a Resume with the LinkedIn Resume Builder
  2. Set your LinkedIn status to “Open to Work” via the “Open to Work” feature on LinkedIn
  3. Directly Reach out to Recruiters you know or have interacted with
  4. Manual Discovery: Visit various companies career pages and job board and apply directly

Ancillary Tips to Boost Your Chances of Landing a Job:

  1. Blog about the technology you’re looking to get a job in
  2. Create a demo app or an app you can use to showcase your talents and put it on GitHub
  3. Record a How To Video and post it to YouTube showing how to do something, such as a tutorial
  4. Record/Start a podcast or reach out to hosts of other podcasts and offer to share some deep knowledge you have, or even talk about soft skills, etc
  5. Speak at local user groups or conferences (where you don’t need to worry about travel and costs, just show up and speak)

Links

Donn’s Git Course

Need to learn Git? Donn has the course for you. In this FREE course you’ll learn everything you need to know in order to start working with Git everyday. Watch it here.

AndroidJobs.IO

  • Job postings are FREE on AndroidJobs.IO during the early release phase (at the time of this recording).
  • Sign up to get notified of new jobs on a weekly basis as well.
  • AndroidJobs.IO

Software Freelancing

Contact

@fragmentedcast or our Youtube channel

@donnfelker and donnfelker (on Instagram)

Freelancing for Mobile Developers (Donn’s YouTube)

kaushikgopal (on YouTube) or jkl.gg/b or @kaushikgopal

Disclaimer: Many of the links we share to products are affiliate links. They help support the production of Fragmented. Thank you for your support.

237: Compose vs XML – Which one should you learn as an Android Dev?

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In this episode, Donn and Kaushik talk about their thoughts on Jetpack Compose and XML for Android layouts and which one you should learn first.

As with every conversation in tech … it depends on what you’re trying to do, where you are at in your career, what the company is doing and more. Donn and Kaushik go into both of their thought processes around Compose and XML and when you should learn one or the other, or even both and whether Jetpack is the future … or is XML here to stay?

Links

Donn’s Git Course

Need to learn Git? Donn has the course for you. In this FREE course you’ll learn everything you need to know in order to start working with Git everyday. Watch it here.

AndroidJobs.IO

  • Job postings are FREE on AndroidJobs.IO. Post your Android Job and get it in front of thousands of Android pros.
  • Are you an Android Dev? Sign up to get notified of new jobs on a weekly basis.
  • AndroidJobs.IO

Software Freelancing

Contact

@fragmentedcast or our Youtube channel

@donnfelker and donnfelker (on Instagram)

Freelancing for Mobile Developers (Donn’s YouTube)

kaushikgopal (on YouTube) or jkl.gg/b or @kaushikgopal

Disclaimer: Many of the links we share to products are affiliate links. They help support the production of Fragmented. Thank you for your support.

236: A Terminal for Android?

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In this episode, Donn and Kaushik talk about the thought of having a terminal for Android.

Have you ever wished you could whip up a quick script to get the current location of a device, add it to cron and do some automated tasks on your phone? Wouldn’t it be nice to have low level access to your system like you do on your desktop?

In this episode, Donn and Kaushik dive into the details of what that might look like and why they find it intriguing.

Donn’s Git Course

Need to learn Git? Donn has the course for you. In this FREE course you’ll learn everything you need to know in order to start working with Git everyday. Watch it here.

AndroidJobs.IO

  • Job postings are FREE on AndroidJobs.IO during the early release phase (at the time of this recording).
  • Sign up to get notified of new jobs on a weekly basis as well.
  • AndroidJobs.IO

Software Freelancing

Contact

@fragmentedcast or our Youtube channel

@donnfelker and donnfelker (on Instagram)

Freelancing for Mobile Developers (Donn’s YouTube)

kaushikgopal (on YouTube) or jkl.gg/b or @kaushikgopal

Disclaimer: Many of the links we share to products are affiliate links. They help support the production of Fragmented. Thank you for your support.

235: Pair programming with Ben Orenstein & Tuple

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In this episode, Kaushik goes solo and interviews Ben Orenstein. Ben is a prolific Ruby developer, an amazing conference speaker, an ardent vim-ster, and now the CEO of Tuple.

Kaushik has been a big fan of Ben’s work and was super stoked to talk to Ben and pick his brains on a host of topics: starting the company Tuple, pair programming in general, learning different programming languages and technology, giving better conference talks and more!

This episode is chock full of wisdom from Ben. Enjoy!

Links

Contact

Ben is @r00k listen to his podcast – The Art of Product

Follow @fragmentedcast or our Youtube channel

@donnfelker and donnfelker (on Instagram)

kau.sh’s blog or @kaushikgopal (on Twitter)