Having None of it

April 22, 2016

Pop quiz: What’s the result of 123 > None in Python? One would hope it would be something sensible (Like ValueError!), but unfortunately one would be disappointed. In fact, the…

The specifics about generics

March 24, 2016

Let’s say that we’re making an API response superclass, and it has a method for fetching some key:value pair from the response data. Let’s assume that behind the scenes, all…

I’m making a note here, @HugeSuccess

February 23, 2016

Despite having used android studio for quite some time now, I’m sheepish to admit that I have only just realized the extent of the annotation options available for both IntelliJ…

Learning to let go

January 26, 2016

When you want to manage state in your android application, it can be useful to implement a helper pattern – each activity or class of tasks has a small associated…

Effective Android Profiling with Systrace

December 11, 2015

Here at Jana, we’re building an Android app with the developing world in mind. As such, we strive to make sure that our users have a great experience, even on devices with…