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In this episode, Kaushik talks to his good friend Prabhjot and learns about “Android Enterprise“. This is the official way for companies or organizations to enable the use of Android devices and apps in the workplace. 

Prabhjot talks about how he setup the infrastructure to provision devices and the different capabilities the solution allows.

If you ever wondered what kind of control is possible, listen to this episode and get a nice scary reality check. After listening to this episode, you’ll think twice before accepting free devices from companies or letting policy apps be installed on your phone.

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In this episode, Donn continues to dive into his favorite software book: Working Effectively with Legacy Code. He talks about one of the fundamental tactics of the book: Introducing seams

You’ll learn what a seam is according to the book, as well as how Donn interprets it so that you can get the same benefit he has gotten from it. You’ll learn how to introduce seams into your codebase through method injection, interfaces, abstract classes, and the static gateway pattern (aka: wrapper pattern).

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In this episode, Donn talks to Jay Ohms about Turbo Native for Android, Hotwire, and how to build apps faster with Hotwire, Turbo, Stimulus, and Strata. Jay is an Android developer at Basecamp.com and Hey.com and has been building Hey with Android Turbo since it has been released (he’s one of the developers of it).

You’ll learn what Hotwire is, how to use it with Android Turbo (and Stimulus and Strata) and how you can create apps faster and more maintainable by marrying the concepts of the web with native code. It’s a fascinating technology, and one that Donn will be using very shortly for a SaaS product he’s working on.

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In this episode, Donn talks dives into his favorite software book: Working Effectively with Legacy Code. He talks about one of the introduction level topics: The Legacy Code Change Algorithm

You’ll learn what it is and how you can use it as the basis for this new series that will be focused on the book, Working Effectively with Legacy Code.

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In this episode, Donn talks to software developer Alan Hill about the Growth Mindset and how it applies to software development and life in general.

They chat about pull request feedback lifecycle, learning new tech, and how applying a growth mindset can advance you in your career further than you could have imagined. They wrap up by going through Fixed Mindset vs Growth Mindset “back and forth” to discuss the differences.

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In this episode, Donn talks about the difference between working at a big tech company vs freelancing.

There are many pro’s and con’s for each. What is best for you? Listen to the episode and find out.

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In this episode, Donn talks about the importance of following code conventions and coding styles in codebases.

You’ll run into various different coding conventions throughout your career. Sometimes it’s as an employee, sometimes it’s as a freelancer or consultant or just a small side project. The number of coding “styles” that you’ll see will blow your mind as you work through your career. The big question is … should you adhere to the current coding convention that is used in the app/file/etc or should you use your own favorite or an industry standard?

In this episode, I’ll help explain the differences so you can make an informed decision going forward.

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In this episode, Donn talks to David and Ross from Squeaky Dog Studios about building a business out of a side project.

David and Ross are long-time serial side project developers with experience that dates back to the Palm era. They’ve built games, apps, and now Watch Faces.

We dive deep into how they went from building their watch faces for Android as a side project and how they turned it into a full-time business in which one of the co-founders works full-time. We talk about building the app, pricing, support, which features to build, paid vs free, trial conversions, supporting your app and much much more.

If you’ve ever wanted to build a side project into a business, and it’s app-based… this one is for you.

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In this episode, Donn talks about the three things that every developer needs to know how to do.

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In this episode, Donn answers a listener’s question. The listener wanted to know how to choose what to learn next in Tech.

Donn provides 6 tips (actually 7 if you count a hidden one) on how to pick what technology to learn next. He provides a simple framework that will help you check whether you should pursue a particular technology or not.