David Herman

Now that my interactive CLI Kotlin library #Kotter is 1.0, I thought I'd put together a supercut of some of the favorite demos I wrote using it. The source for all of these examples (and many more) can be found in the project. github.com/varabyte/kotter

I have no idea how many people are here who followed me back when I talked regularly about my projects (mainly #Kobweb and #Kotter). If you're interested, I'm starting up again on Bluesky. You can find me there at bsky.app/profile/bitspi…

@fcamblor @ivcanet @kotlin Here are the official docs on accessing JS from Kotlin: kotlinlang.org/docs/js-intero… And Kotlin from JS: kotlinlang.org/docs/js-to-kot… In practice I've really only worked with using JS in Kotlin, so I can't speak to how well the whole experience is, but it is technically interop.

@ivcanet @kotlin So, a totally parallel ecosystem with the one already existing. That's not what I call interop.

When I mention @kotlin on JS, I invariably get an answer like "but it's all #javascript underneath, it's going to have the same problems as #typescript!" Well, let's see. ivan.canet.dev/blog/2024/09/0…

@MDikkii @PreusslerBerlin I believe you are looking for linkedin.com/in/gregfawson ? At the very least, I'm sure he could point you in the right direction.

@PreusslerBerlin Wait... Remind me who was the organiser of the Berlin droidcon? 🤔 😁

@droidconSF Thank you @droidconSF for the opportunity to speak! We set out to give a whirlwind tour of the foundations of #Kobweb and I hope we succeeded. There will be a recording for this talk published in the next few weeks, which I am looking forward to sharing.

Don't miss @bitspittle's at #dcsf24 💣 This talk introduces #Kobweb, an open-source, powerful layer built on top of #Compose #HTML. Review some basics of the framework & how to integrate it into an existing #Kotlin project alongside an #Android module. sf.droidcon.com/david-herman/

@JimSproch @I_Love_Pakista9 @abdulbasitgd @amitiitbhu @proandroiddev @QamarSafadi Just to clarify, #Kobweb is a library layered on top of Compose HTML, so it's actually not in the Compose Multiplatform family. Think of its use-case as someone wants to write a traditional website but with Kotlin instead of JS/TS. More here: #what-about-compose-multiplatform-for-web" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">github.com/varabyte/kobwe…

@I_Love_Pakista9 @abdulbasitgd @amitiitbhu @proandroiddev @QamarSafadi Kobweb is for websites, but it's built on top of Compose Multiplatform which supports all platforms like Android, iOS, and Windows.

Is #Kobweb specifically for website development or we also can share logic among other platforms like Android, iOS and Windows? @abdulbasitgd @amitiitbhu @proandroiddev @QamarSafadi #AndroidDev #SoftwareEngineer #Kotlin #Compose

@daas20192 Maybe I'm wrong, but I predict a significant drop in orders for Teslas (and other products) in the next few quarters. I'm personally not worried about autopilot - I'm sure the developers take that job seriously. But will Tesla get the next generation of talent? 🤔

@bitspittle It could hurt his other business as well, people plan to buy Tesla would think twice now, and how can buyers trust autopilot code would work? He was a GOD a few months ago, now his reputation👎🏿

I am excited to see Twitter 2.0 (as Musk is calling it). At this point, it will be staffed entirely by Musk devotees who, after observing them the last few weeks, I imagine are the sort of people that only learn that stoves are hot by touching them.

@daas20192 I'll be generous here to Musk in this case. My guess is that the $8 stunt was just a flash in the pan, but that in the next year they'll be rolling out other features. Hard to predict what that's going to look like, or if the site will still even be running stably then.

@bitspittle If some one has a lot of followers, why they want pay $8 to get heard? Tweet 2.0 shall be a platform for community to produce content and get paid, like TikTak.

@VasiliyZukanov There's so much to potentially discuss here. But after several starts and stops, I don't think we'll hash it out effectively given Twitter limits :) I will say, I feel I've seen far more professional behavior than the opposite. But we're probably both biased with our own views?

@bitspittle What I don't get is why some employees choose to behave so unprofessionally, claim victimhood of sort, share insider information left and right, attempt to hurt their company of 5 minutes ago, etc.

Watching Twitter shitshtorm, where one man put his own money to cash out everybody else and then gives them an option to leave with THREE months of severance, is surreal. I fully wish Musk a good luck and hope he'll rebuild Twitter to become huge, to prove the naysayers wrong.

@dolzhenko @_JamesWard Ah, I meant the opposite. It got snappier throughout the day, but it still wasn't perfect. However, I wouldn't have described it as degrading performance.

@bitspittle @_JamesWard Sure, I have couple big suspects for that: I don't believe in any particular memory leakages (as our test infra catches them pretty good) - but degradation after a day sounds strange to me. Another is potential indices corruption. Definitely like to nail that issue down.

This is really freaking awesome!

@VasiliyZukanov Sure! I can agree with that last sentence. Him dealing with the consequences, good or bad, is the most fair thing about the current situation, I think. And I appreciate you considering my replies and listening.

@bitspittle I get it that many ex-employees left with a bad taste in their mouth. I also get it that Elon's approach lacks grace and political correctness, and can be interpreted as offenssive. But he's the owner and will deal with the consequences, good or bad.

@dolzhenko @_JamesWard So I prepared the ticket and set up the screencap software and went to repro and it seems like it's snappy now :) There are occasional spinners but it's not worth reporting. I'll keep an eye on it and if I have a bad experience later, I'll file a ticket. Great job and thanks!

@bitspittle @_JamesWard Please raise a ticket at youtrack.jetbrains.com/issues/KTIJ - it would be nice if you able to share CPU snapshot (and nice to see screenrecording)

@VasiliyZukanov If 75% of the *remaining* people chose to leave voluntarily at a time when the tech market is imploding, that's worth paying attention to. That indicates something really rotten at the core, beyond what can be dismissed as "lazy entitled employees" as I'm seeing so often online.

@VasiliyZukanov Before the takeover, I talked with some friends and we were all interested in what Musk would do. I wasn't rooting for his failure by any stretch. But if you knew great people at Twitter, and what the experience was like there at the end, you might understand the disdain.

I've seen a lot of people asking "why does everyone think Twitter is doomed?" As an SRE and sysadmin with 10+ years of industry experience, I wanted to write up a few scenarios that are real threats to the integrity of the bird site over the coming weeks.

@DomskyMike Yep. You know, the people building all the software? And spending a good chunk of their disposable income on tech and influencing other people in tech? It's a pretty massive circle. I wouldn't laugh but you do you.

@bitspittle Oh no! Not his tech circle reputation! 😂😂😂

The problem wasn't that Musk had to cull. Many in tech would agree he had to, and even that a culture change was necessary. But he executed it so inexpertly and mockingly, that he not only melted away real talent from Twitter, but he destroyed his reputation among tech circles.

@olivercampbell Your explanation (which I'm sure Musk expects people to think) falls apart when you know some of the people who got fired. Musk fans have this narrative that Twitter was full of entitled, lazy, liberal activists, but that bubble pops if you actually knew them.

@dolzhenko @_JamesWard Yes, build.gradle.kts. After using it for a day, I do feel like maybe it is a bit snappier? Especially after things get cached once? But I'm still seeing multi second spinners sometimes and nothing as good as the above video linked to looks like.

@bitspittle @_JamesWard in what particular cases? build.gradle.kts autocompletion?

@teleoflexuous @drmistercody @borgposting Or maybe throw a rock at?

@drmistercody @borgposting Is there like a specific vehicle we could point at here or...

Was it poor judgement for a billionaire to buy a website that was free for more than a decade and then spend several weeks berating its users into giving him 8 dollars every month.