ABAshish Babuinthestacktrace.hashnode.dev·3d ago · 6 min readI Let My LLM Guess a Number My Own Code Already KnewWhen I built the matching engine for ProximaHire — a semantic job-matching tool that compares resumes to job listings using vector embeddings — the core idea was simple: compute a cosine similarity sc23A
ABAshish Babuinthestacktrace.hashnode.dev·3d ago · 7 min readLocking a Seat Without Losing the Sale: Atomic Booking in Reverix 2.0When I rebuilt Reverix — a movie booking platform — from scratch, the seat-locking problem was the first thing that had to be right before anything else mattered. Get it wrong, and two people can "suc00
ANakshay Nikhareinakshaynikhare.hashnode.dev·3d ago · 4 min readonPreviewKeyEvent vs onKeyEvent on Android TV: A Subtle D-Pad BugThe bug report was simple: long-pressing the d-pad center button on a channel card should toggle the favorite — it wasn't working reliably. On some devices it fired once and stopped. On others it didn00
AMAkshay Mukadaminakshaym.hashnode.dev·3d ago · 8 min readImperative to Declarative: Everything You Need to Know About Compose vs. Traditional XMLIf you have built Android apps using the traditional XML View system, you know the friction of manual state management and the performance hits of nested layouts. Jetpack Compose represents a fundamen00
ABAshish Babuinthestacktrace.hashnode.dev·5d ago · 7 min readI broke my own cluster with a node that could never winSo I built Quorum — a distributed lock manager on top of a Raft consensus engine I wrote from scratch in Kotlin. Leader election, log replication, majority commit, the whole thing, over gRPC. No libra00
RMRafael Marcosinblog.rmarcos.dev·6d ago · 2 min readAndroid Fundamentals: Jetpack ComposeIntroduction Hi, dear readers! I'm posting this article before the one related with the project because I realised it would be better to give a short introduction to new concepts before the real proje00
RMRafael Marcosinblog.rmarcos.dev·5d ago · 9 min readAndroid Fundamentals: RGB Color MixerIntroduction Hi again, dear readers! In the last post we had a brief introduction to Jetpack Compose, and before that a brief introduction to Android app components. In today's article, we'll build a 00
CRChirag raoinperfectiongeekstechnologies.hashnode.dev·Jul 21 · 4 min readMastering Android App Development: A Comprehensive GuideMastering Android App Development: A Comprehensive Guide The mobile landscape is ever-evolving, and mastering Android app development requires a solid understanding of the latest technologies and tool00
CRChirag raoinperfectiongeekstechnologies.hashnode.dev·Jul 21 · 4 min readMastering Android App Development: Essential Hacks for DevelopersIntroduction In the fast-paced world of mobile development, creating an Android app that stands out requires more than just a great idea. Efficiency, performance, and maintainability are critical, and00
VJVivek J. Uttureinvivekjutture.hashnode.dev·Jul 20 · 11 min readHow I Built Argus: An Android App that Auto-Closes YouTube Shorts — Privately and Fully On-DeviceTL;DR — I built Argus, a privacy-first Android app that automatically closes the YouTube Shorts player the moment it opens. It runs entirely on-device, has no internet permission, collects no data, an00
