--- title: "Joe Roskopf (@joetr) | Hashnode" description: "Principal Android Engineer @ Nike. Read the latest articles by Joe Roskopf on Hashnode." url: "https://hashnode.com/@joetr" --- @joetr # Joe Roskopf @joetr · Minneapolis, MN · Joined July 2022 Principal Android Engineer @ Nike [Website](https://joetr.com/) ### [Being Laid Off In An Agentic World](https://blog.joetr.com/being-laid-off-in-an-agentic-world?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) I've been a professional software developer in the mobile space for around 15 years now. I started in the Android 2.1 / Eclipse / Ant days and iOS Objective-C days pre-ARC on Xcode 4 (if memory servic 5 min read · [blog.joetr.com](https://blog.joetr.com/being-laid-off-in-an-agentic-world?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [2](https://hashnode.com/posts/being-laid-off-in-an-agentic-world/6a6b7196a8eaa63cd90e1211) [Jul 30](https://hashnode.com/posts/being-laid-off-in-an-agentic-world/6a6b7196a8eaa63cd90e1211) ### [How To Win Friends And Influence Internal Visibility](https://blog.joetr.com/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-internal-visibility?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Intro I recently learned about friendPaths as part of the Kotlin Gradle Plugin while browsing an Android Slack group. From the documentation on friendPaths: "Paths to the output directories of the friend modules whose internal declarations should be ... 7 min read · [blog.joetr.com](https://blog.joetr.com/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-internal-visibility?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Nov 11, 2025](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-internal-visibility/69135c30753e201d583df6ab) ### [Bridging the Gap: Making Jetpack Compose Row Behave Like SwiftUi & Web](https://blog.joetr.com/bridging-the-gap-making-jetpack-compose-row-behave-like-swiftui-and-web?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) If you've ever tried to compare the behavior of Row in Google's Jetpack Compose, HStack in Apple's SwiftUi, and something like display: flex in the web world, you'll see some interesting results. First, let's take a look at how HStack renders two lon... 5 min read · [blog.joetr.com](https://blog.joetr.com/bridging-the-gap-making-jetpack-compose-row-behave-like-swiftui-and-web?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Apr 13, 2025](https://hashnode.com/posts/bridging-the-gap-making-jetpack-compose-row-behave-like-swiftui-and-web/67fbcf34dcfbfaea647ab23a) ### [Debug Drawers and You: Adding A Debug Drawer To Your App](https://blog.joetr.com/debug-drawers-and-you-adding-a-debug-drawer-to-your-app?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Said another way, how to supercharge your development workflow with a debug drawer. As Android developers, we're constantly looking for ways to streamline our workflow. One often-overlooked tool that 4 min read · [blog.joetr.com](https://blog.joetr.com/debug-drawers-and-you-adding-a-debug-drawer-to-your-app?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [1](https://hashnode.com/posts/debug-drawers-and-you-adding-a-debug-drawer-to-your-app/66f58f1a56bb04e16c68abf5) [Sep 26, 2024](https://hashnode.com/posts/debug-drawers-and-you-adding-a-debug-drawer-to-your-app/66f58f1a56bb04e16c68abf5) ### [Compose Guard: Detecting Regressions In Jetpack Compose](https://blog.joetr.com/compose-guard-detecting-regressions-in-jetpack-compose?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) As Jetpack Compose becomes more widely used across Android (and Multiplatform projects!), detecting regressions via tooling becomes more important to shift left and detect regressions earlier in the d 5 min read · [blog.joetr.com](https://blog.joetr.com/compose-guard-detecting-regressions-in-jetpack-compose?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [May 22, 2024](https://hashnode.com/posts/compose-guard-detecting-regressions-in-jetpack-compose/664d363d137e02b38188383c)